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The integral is wrong. Let's try again:

First, let's calculate the additional high. It's better to imagine the 0 is in the oposite pole, and the additional height is very similar to the old integral without the 2*pi*r https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=Integral+from+x+to+2000... i.e. 0.0048 * 185^2 * (1/r - 1/20000)

Now we must integrate it again, with the 2*pi*r Integral from 185 to 20000 of (0.0048 * 185^2 * (1/r-1/20000)), that is only 606km^3, so 1/80 of my previous calculation. So, fixing the last part of my comment with the new numbers:

But melting the Antarctic Ice sheet will release 24,300,000 km^3 So it's only a .0025% more. In other units, melting all the Antarctic Ice would increase the sea level like 58m (190ft). The additional effect of the gravity is less than .0004m (4mm, 1/8 inch)



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