In response: ice storage

Certainly,

I would always believe the content of a muppets newsflash. In regards to the absorption and storage of water, it was purely for inland lakes that drain by watercourses to the ocean, for which level would be unaffected. I maintain that actual ocean level would be altered by any form of water storage on land. Water storage on land (in the form of ice) is precisely the reason that ocean levels are expected to change, as that water is returned to the ocean.