how

it’s not like a conspiracy or anything

you could like

do it yourself

science

it depends how much of the ice is floating above the water

and what the water/ice ratio is

but yes undoubtedly if the ice caps melted sea level would be significantly higher

No, if you put the ice in a cup that is full it will displace the water.

So yes, it does rise.

And again, the ice caps of Antarctica are not in the ocean, they are above it.

On the continent.

So, if you drop an ice cube in a cup that is full, what happens?

Go on, you can do it yourself.

Fill a glass to the brim, and then put ice in it.

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/nasa-study-mass-gains-of-antarctic-ice-sheet-greater-than-losses

Also, I don't think y'all are talking about the same thing

wouldn't it make sense that the ice would just replace itself when it melts?

that doesn't mean that there isn't more water in the oceans

it just means that the net amount of ice on antarctica stays roughly the same

So if the ice melted, and it was warmer that more ice started melting faster than it could freeze, which is what we are seeing in the Arctic, it would just be replaced as if by magic?

The fact that there is now plant material growing in the Antarctic is no indication that it is warming.

so you're saying that when ice melts

it somehow adds more mass

to the water

Holy sweet Lord, take a glass of water, fill it and then put ice in it.

The ice of Antarctica is ABOVE sea level.

It's on a continental shelf

So, if some cataclysm caused all the ice to fall off it most definitely *could* have such an impact.

Though the huge influx of cold water would probably show signs before the rising sea levels.

I see what you're saying

It doesn't apply to a glass of water though

when ice melts *in* water then the water level stays the same
~~I think~~

No

That's of the ice is *in* the water.

If you have a glass that is full and add ice the water is displaced until it equalizes.

So it would over flow.

Again, try it.

Take a glass, fill it, then put your ice in.

The water level will rise without a shadow of a doubt.

And the ice of Antarctica is mostly above the water.