Eli5: How does glaciers melting cause the oceans to rise?

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If global warming causes glaciers to melt, how does that increase the water level if there is still the same amount of water, but in different forms (liquid and solid)?
Like if you have a glass of water with ice cubes in it filled to the brim, and the ice melts, the glass doesn’t overflow…

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The problem is that these glaciers are on land not on water… thus when they melt the add water to the ocean. This, in turn, causes ocean levels to rise.

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