If Earth's remaining glaciers melt, how would the global sea level change?
A) hardly at all; most of the water would be absorbed by porous land and by increasing size of freshwater lakes and rivers
B) the sea level would rise about 8 m
C) the sea level would rise about 80 m
D) the sea level would rise about 120 m

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If Earth's remaining glaciers melted, the global sea level would rise by about 80 meters. This estimate accounts for the vast amount of water currently locked up in ice form on land, particularly in massive ice sheets such as those covering Greenland and Antarctica.

If Earth's Remaining Glaciers Melt, How Would the Global Sea