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Re:Massive glacier collapse by DanWaterworth on Monday February 04, 2013 @11:31AM (#5164980)
Only glaciers on land cause sea level rise.
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Re:Massive glacier collapse by snowwrestler on Monday February 04, 2013 @01:07PM (#5165821)
The greatest factor in projected sea level rise is the average temperature of the oceans--warm water takes up more volume, and there is a lot more water than ice in the world. Melting of land-supported ice is a fairly distant second.

This is not a direct response to you, but it's a fact that few people seem to realize when discussing ocean levels and global warming.

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Re:Massive glacier collapse by DanWaterworth on Monday February 04, 2013 @01:22PM (#5165936)
Interesting, can you cite references for this?
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Re:Massive glacier collapse by snowwrestler on Monday February 04, 2013 @01:42PM (#5166078)
This is covered in the discussion of sea-level rise in the IPCC reports linked in several comments above. Wikipedia has a page about it with lots of source links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Current_sea_level_rise

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Re:Massive glacier collapse by anon1385 on Monday February 04, 2013 @11:36AM (#5165030)
Jakobshavn Glacier drains 6.5% of the Greenland ice sheet
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Re:Massive glacier collapse by DanWaterworth on Monday February 04, 2013 @11:39AM (#5165062)
Right, I'm just saying that this event didn't cause an immediate increase in sea level.
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