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Originally Posted by Paul M
How did a wind thread move onto ice 
Anyway, I thought ice floated on water, and the water it displaces while floating is less than the total amount of water in the ice - therefore if it melts, the overall water level rises. |
It does, but 1 litre of ice will contain less water molecules than 1 litre of water.
The whole reason ice floats is because it's less dense than water.
Overall if all the ice was to melt I'm pretty sure that the water level will fall due to the volume decrease. As has been explained countless times.
[It's still pretty windy though]