If landlocked ice were to melt, wouldn't icebergs melt as well?

Question

This question is in response to the answers I received from my first question ( Why are scientists concerned about icebergs melting when simple physics proves that melting ice actually lowers the levels of the water that it resides in). Most answers were decent enough (excluding the arrogant self righteous response from snootymcp), but I'm still not completely satisfied. I understand the logic behind landlocked ice melting, resulting in water levels rising. However, logic also insisits that if the temperatures were warm enough to melt the landlocked ice, the ice that resided in the water would melt as well. This occurence would actually lower water levels. Is it reasonable then, to assume that the landlocked ice would outweigh the effects from the melting icebergs (water bound ice)?

Answer 1

Yes, the effects of the landlocked ice would FAR outweigh the icebergs. Check Greenland and Antarctica, which are huge landmasses covered with ice that is rapidly melting and not refreezing. Glacier National Park. The tundra areas of Alaska, upper Canada, etc. Even melting permafrost will affect things in the long run, due to these areas releasing more and more moisture into an overloaded system.

Answer 2

I really don't know why there is so much concern about icebergs melting. Really, the biggest threat would be if Greenland's glaciers melted. If all the ice in Greenland melted, then the water levels would rise 20 feet (7 meters).

I'm not a climatologist or glaciologist, so I don't really know if Greenland's glaciers and other landlocked ice would melt before icebergs. But the majority of North Atlantic icebergs are located along Greenland's coast and the surrounding area. So I'm assuming that if Greenland's glaciers (which is a large majority of landlocked ice) would melt, then the icebergs would too. That may or may not depend on if the difference of temperatures on land and in the ocean would affect the which ice would melt faster. You may want to check into that. But I'm guessing that both landlocked ice and icebergs would melt at the same time, cancelling out each other's effects.

Answer 3

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