Do I Really Have to Sell My Florida Beach House?

We’ve all been told that global warming will raise ocean water levels dramatically along coastal areas everywhere because of the melting of the polar ice caps. Right? That’s what I was told, and for many years, I had no reason to disbelieve it. But then I had this thought: When the ice melts in my glass of Diet Coke, the level of the Coke doesn’t rise. Even if the drink is 80% ice to begin with. So how will melting polar ice caps raise the water level of the ocean? I looked into it. Turns out the term “polar ice cap” refers to the ice that sits on top of land, not in the water. DOH!