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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Because a lot of the ice of the glaciers are above sea level. A more accurate comparison would be a glass of water with ice somehow stacked wayyyy above the brim then left to melt.

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