What happens to the hydrosphere when glaciers melt?

What happens to the hydrosphere when glaciers melt?

• A. Hydrosphere decreases
• B. Hydrosphere increases
• C. Hydrosphere remains same
• D. Hydrosphere disappears

Answer: (B)

Hydrosphere means all the water on Earth, including oceans, lakes, groundwater, and even ice on land like glaciers. When glaciers melt, the solid water becomes liquid water that remains within the hydrosphere. Much of this meltwater flows into the oceans, increasing the amount of liquid water and the volume of seawater. So, in this sense, the hydrosphere grows because more liquid water is added to it, even though the total mass of Earth’s water is simply redistributed from ice to liquid water.

Hydrosphere means all the water on Earth, including oceans, lakes, groundwater, and even ice on land like glaciers. When glaciers melt, the solid water becomes liquid water that remains within the hydrosphere. Much of this meltwater flows into the oceans, increasing the amount of liquid water and the volume of seawater. So, in this sense, the hydrosphere grows because more liquid water is added to it, even though the total mass of Earth’s water is simply redistributed from ice to liquid water.