“I have actually been to Antarctica and the South Pole, where the ice thickness is well over a mile deep between surface of the ice and the landmass far below. While there, I met with and talked with National Science Foundation scientists who are experts in their fields. Every one of them who shared an opinion with me stated two things. First, that they believe in global warming and, second, that they believed the rather small amount of global warming that is projected will actually LOWER sea levels rather than raise them because the somewhat warmer Antarctica air will carry more moisture above the Antarctic land mass, deposit that moisture in the interior of Antarctica, where it will take hundreds of years to glacially make its way to the sea. According to these scientists with expansive and unique expertise in these fields, the increase in Antarctic ice above land will more than offset the loss of Antarctic sea ice, Arctic sea ice, and whatever melting occurs in places like Greenland.

“Most importantly, not all ice has the same effect on sea levels. Roughly 87% of icebergs are below water. Conversely, only about 13% of sea ice that is not resting on the ocean floor is above water, taken out of the ocean itself, and reducing sea levels. Hence, ice above the Antarctic land mass impacts sea levels almost 8 times more than ice floating in salt water (think much of the Arctic Ocean and Antarctica ice shelf). Stated differently, there must be roughly 8 cubic miles of floating sea ice to offset just one cubic mile of ice above the Antarctic land mass. This is a major factor in determining how much impact snowfall on the Antarctic continent has on reducing sea levels.”