"So you accept the data that shows it is melting. Good for you. Now can you tell me why to you not accept the data that shows the globe is warming?
Actually, melting of sea ice would have NO effect on sea levels. But it will have an effect on the sea cutrrents. The Greenland Ice Shelf is melting and is expected to have an effect on sea levle - especially in the northeastern part of the US. I don't know why it would effect just the NE part but that is what is being said."
The ice is melting because of a phenomena called "summer." As ice contracts as it melts, sea ice would cause the ocean's level to decrease. Only melting land based glacier ice would cause the ocean's level to rise.
Only last summer, we were warned that Artic ice would completely melt. Not only didn't it melt, it was thicker in parts than ever before -- so much for long term predictions.
Global warming and cooling is more dependent on the waxing and waning of the solar winds as they counteract cosmic rays.