Originally Posted by ObieX

Seems a lot of ice has been melting and there hasn't been a devastating rise in ocean levels yet from what i can tell. This seems to be mostly ocean ice melting and the problem may be with land ice.. however from what i remember, when water freezes it expands. So when this water in the ocean thaws wouldn't it create more space in the ocean that the melting land ice can then fill? Also when the ice on the land melts and runs off the land the weight on that land is then relieved some and the land can then rise a little.