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Originally Posted by Heytubes
Interesting about icebergs melting and cities being threatened. When I fill a glass with ice and water the ice will melt, but the level of water stays the same. Got to figure if that compares to melting icebergs raising the sea level how many feet.
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Wrong thread and this has been covered several times.
Melting icebergs floating in the sea will not raise the sea level due to the water in the iceberg but it will raise the level very slightly as as that water warms. The water in your glass does rise very slightly due to the water expanding as it warms but this is too little to measure.
Glaciers on land *do* raise the sea level when they break off and become icebergs. Try putting the ice in a strainer above your glass and see what happens then when it melts.
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