How does melting ice caps affect the oceans?

Question

How does melting ice caps affect the oceans?

Answer 1

Well it affects oceans in many different ways. Not only would the water cover landmass and expand the volume of the ocean, it will also alter the balance in ocean currents. The balance of salt water and fresh water would be off, and the circulation of heat.

Answer 2

Not much, think about this, if you have a glass of water with ice cubes in it does the glass overflow when they melt? So much for global warming.

Answer 3

i think its wen the ice caps melt, the water goes into the oceans

Answer 4

well if that happens that can also affect as cause if it melts and then goes and goes to the ocean... the ocean mite flood and if the ocean floods the earth will like die because the ocean is a big thing and there are many on earth so too much water will come over the earth and we will sufercate cause we will  not get to breath

Answer 5

When the ice melts the melt water flows into the oceans and floods what was previously dry land making the landmass smaller and the ocean suface larger.

Answer 6

IT MAKES ALL THE OCEANS BIGGER EXPANDING OVER OUR CONTINENTS.

Answer 7

Have you seen Waterworld with Kevin Cosner!!! If not WATCH IT!!!!

Answer 8

Melting ice caps will cause a world wide rise in sea level flooding most costal areas; imagine New Orleans after Katrina world wide.

The melting of the North Pole Ice Cap will dump a lot of cold fresh water into the Atlantic and it could change or even reverse the Gulf Stream making the East coast of the US colder.

Answer 9

Well, when the ice caps melt the sea level rises, and can rise drastic levels, when large ice shelves melt in the artic and polar bears fall into the water and drown because of their melting and they have nowhere to go, although that part doesnt affect the oceans its still important.