there should be "significant" fluctuation as water trapped as Ice forms and then melts with the changing seasons...

Oh I know...Winter in the north is summer in the south so they should offset somewhat!

But then most of the southern Ice is on land while the Northern ice is floating...So once again we are back to: There should be a seasonal fluctiation in sea level.

Is there such a fluctuation?

Seasonal changes in water trapped in the form of Ice must be in the 100's of cubic kilometers: Is a 3 year overal change of 1 cubic kilometer really "significant" in that regard? I think not...But please, feel free to prove me wrong.

If we lost 1 KM^3 of Ice in three years, how many KM^3 do we have left?

Was this significant loss .001% of the ice total? If so, was it really significant?

Scott Evil

P.S. Somebody please move this to the science/space board! Where more scientific minds can discuss!