I did a little research:
The Maldives (max. elevation = 6-7 ft. above sea level) has been continuously inhabited since before 500BC - over 2500 years. Despite warming periods since then - recall Greenland, the ocean levels never swamped them. I wonder where all that melt water went?
“. I wonder where all that melt water went?”
Give me a $1 Billion dollar grant and I’ll find out.