The end of the world as we know it

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Thus, if ice is responsible for rising sea levels, it's meltwater from land, not sea. That would manifest itself in heavier river discharge from cold areas, which would be evident in the form of villages and towns on rivers downstream from meltwater regions becoming inundated, especially during spring.

So those melting glaciers and polar ice caps aren't really melting?

Furthermore, water only starts to expand above 4 degrees, which means water that is cooler (ie, most of the water in the oceans) would actually contract as it warms, until it reached 4 degrees, at which point expansion begins.

It's not the water at the bottom of the oceans that's warming though is it? It's the surface water, and most of that is already > 4 degrees.