"There are more than five million cubic miles of ice on Earth, and some scientists say it would take more than 5,000 years to melt it all."<p>And it's unlikely we'd keep burning fossil fuels all that time.<p>More context from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_level_rise" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_level_rise</a> :<p>"Sea level rise has been estimated to be on average between +2.6 millimetres (0.10 in) and 2.9 millimetres (0.11 in) per year ± 0.4 millimetres (0.016 in) since 1993[3] and has accelerated in recent years.[4] For the period between 1870 and 2004, global average sea levels are estimated to have risen a total of 195 millimetres (7.7 in), and 1.7 millimetres (0.067 in) ± 0.3 millimetres (0.012 in) per year, with a significant acceleration of sea-level rise of 0.013 millimetres (0.00051 in) ± 0.006 millimetres (0.00024 in) per year."<p>If sea level rise continues at its current rate of 3mm/year, we'd expect to see 30cm (1 foot) of sea level rise by 2100. If the rate doubles to 6mm/year (as some expect), expected rise will be 60cm (2 feet). That's unpleasant but not an existential risk to humanity.<p>The maps in the article look dramatic, but they're predictions for the year 7000AD. People can move and adapt in that timeframe.