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bdbdbd said:
o_O.Q said:

"No there wouldn't. Firstly, assuming the polar ice (and Greenland) would melt, it would take thousands of years, and even then, the sea level would rise only about 70 meters. 

Also, because the arctic ice floats on sea, it would have no effect on sea level anyway. "

it was a joke dude, take it easy

and did you just state that the melting ice would not affect sea levels? so why do scientists say it will?

https://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_impacts/impacts/infographic-sea-level-rise-global-warming.html

 

" not to argue for the sake of arguing or to convince out of his/her religious beliefs. "

this is like when someone called me a conservative the other day, what religious beliefs do i have?

I did say it. Try it out. Put some water in a glass, then put some ice floating in it and let it melt. See happens to the water level. 

Greenland and antartic are different matter, as the ice isn't floating in the sea. 

don't misunderstand, i'm not saying i disagree with you, i'm just saying that scientists have been saying that sea levels are rising

i personally have not done the tests or looked properly into the data

 

since ice is less dense than water though, some bits of the ice tend to float above the surface of the water, if i remember correctly when that ice melts the part that would have floated over the water is then incorporated and increases the water level

i could be wrong on that but as far as i know that's how it works