Most people talk about the polar ice melting as together the glaciers out of the water do not equal the mass of the ice found within the water, once again the earth is a closed system, the reduction of water level by melting ice that is in the water will not be overwhelmed by the melting of the ice that is not in the water.
Ice that is not in the water will be able to penetrate the earth's surface as well as enter the upper atmosphere. The same amount of water basically is on this planet as it has always been. The melting of polar ice caps will not increase the water level which is what is in the article.
In an attempt to poke fun at the explination it seems you did not read this in the original post..... 2nd grade taught me to read everything before commenting
