The maps here show the world as it is now, with only one difference: All the ice on land has melted and drained into ... The Gulf of California would stretch north past the latitude of San Diego ...

Normally, it would take hundreds to thousands of years for it all to melt away ... After all, there's enough ice right now to cover the entire continent of North America in a sheet a mile thick.

These records lows are not good news for coastlines around the world. Here's what would happen to Earth if all the ice melted. Text by Jessica Orwig. Video by Alex Kuzoian. More from News After ...