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Originally Posted by itsbob  Well DUH!! It's because it's like the tropics in the North Pole, all the ice is melting and cooling the ocean... just like the ice in your rum and coke! I've done this experiment many times and KNOW it's true!! |
Partly true: as the ice melts in your refreshing rum & coke, the level stays the same because the ice is displacing its own weight in water.
But, Archimedes, what happens when your beverage glass is filled to the brim and some idiot throws more cubes in? That's what happens when suspended ice-shelves fall into the ocean and ice calves off from glaciers on land.