Bergensis t1_jaca90w wrote
Reply to comment by CompositeBeing in Antarctic sea ice likely shrunk to a record low last week, US researchers said Monday, its lowest extent in the 45 years of satellite record-keeping by DoremusJessup
> Sea ice = floating ice. Its melting does not increase the average sea level.
As the article states:
"...the sea ice rings Antarctica's massive ice shelves, the extensions of the freshwater glaciers that threaten catastrophic sea level rise over centuries if they continue melting as global temperatures rise."
I might also add that ice reflects more sunshine than sea, and a reduction of ice, whether it is on land or sea, reduces the amount of solar energy that is reflected back into space:
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