If the ice is floating the body of water it joins doesn’t decrease in volume but the ice itself does. In a bottle if you fill it with a mix of ice and water you will still have less water after it melts than if you just filled the whole bottle with water.
If the ice is floating the body of water it joins doesn’t decrease in volume but the ice itself does. In a bottle if you fill it with a mix of ice and water you will still have less water after it melts than if you just filled the whole bottle with water.