The global alarmists seem to always fall back on the rising oceans as indisputable proof of global warming claiming the melting of land locked ice as the culprit. To believe that you have throw out everything we already know about earths development and what is really causing the oceans rise. Erosion and sediment deposits have been raising the ocean levels since earths time began. We’re drilling for and finding oil and gas 10,000 ft below the surface here in West TX and just as deep or deeper with offshore rigs. This oil and gas that we’re chasing is nothing more than ancient deposits laid down by the constant erosion at the surface. When you realize that the Mississippi river alone deposits as much as 300 million metric tons of sediment yearly into the gulf you start to understand. That’s just one river and doesn’t take into consideration other means of sediment delivery.
Rising oceans and land locked ice melting are the only catastrophes the alarmists can point to about warming. Otherwise warmer is better. We get more plant growth and arable land. 99% of land based ice sheets is in two places: Antartica and Greenland. No melting is going to happen in these two places until they get above freezing, which will never happen under the worst models. All the other ice can melt and nothing will happen. The ice in the Artic is floating so when and if it all melts, nothing will happen to ocean levels, like the ice in your drink.