[wideminded]

When this BS came around the first time, I showed my g-kids that this couldn’t happen by putting an ice cube on the table. Being as there is no dam to cause the melt water to pile up it’s not possible for the depth to rise to the predicted levels considering the sq miles of ocean and the relatively small size of the glacier.

If a one mile thick piece of ice the size of France melted, it would raise the level of the world's oceans by more than 9 feet.

[Elsie]

Oceans cover approximately  139 million square miles

 

Area of France 248,573 sq miles

 

248,573 / 139 million = .00178829

 

5280 *.00178829 = 9.44 feet

(IF this piece of ice was entirely above sea level now, perched on top of Antarctica.)

If it were a berg, floating in the ocean, 90% would be underwater now, leaving only 10% sticking out.

When that melted, only .944 foot ocean rise would be noted.