'World's most dangerous glacier' could cause catastrophic sea level rise, study warns

Fox News ^ | July 9, 2019 | Chris Ciaccia

[Innovative]

A glacier in West Antarctica, known as "the world's most dangerous," could completely melt away and cause a rapid and "catastrophic" sea-level rise, a new study warns.

The study, published in the scientific journal PNAS, notes that the Thwaites Glacier is at a proverbial "tipping point" that could cause a neverending flow of ice into the world's oceans.

“If you trigger this instability, you don’t need to continue to force the ice sheet by cranking up temperatures. It will keep going by itself, and that’s the worry,” said the study's lead author and Georgia Tech professor Alex Robel, in a statement. “Climate variations will still be important after that tipping point because they will determine how fast the ice will move.”

[Innovative]

It doesn't seem to have anything to do with CO2 levels in the atmosphere.

Sometimes things happen. Nature is powerful.

[a fool in paradise]

Invest in liferaft futures.

[Texas Eagle]

“If”, “could”, “the worry is”. Wow, not exactly the language of a settled science.

[Gay State Conservative]

IOW the very same forces that melted the 2,000 foot thick glacier that once covered what is now New York City is at work in Antarctica today.

[rktman]

Pfffttttt! They’ve almost all evaporated anyway so, meh!

[Texas Eagle]

Well, technically speaking, there’s a finite amount of ice so the melting couldn’t be “never-ending”.

[freedumb2003]

Not a single prediction in 50 years re:climate change has come to pass.

Not one.

[rktman]

Uh, pretty sure it’s mid winter down unduh. More climalarkey from the lames. Could, possibly, may, might, a chance........

[The Chid]

So wait, are rising temperatures causing glaciers to retreat or grow?

I'm confused.

[rktman]

“.... neverending flow of ice...” Wait a minute. I thought it was melting. And, a NEVER-ending flow of ice? I mean my fridge does pretty good but...............

[SkyDancer]

If you fill a glass with ice cubes and then add water to the brim; what happens when the ice melts?

[GoldenPup]

Mostly 🐂💩

[ElkGroveDan]

Quick everyone embrace global socialism.

[Repeal The 17th]

I think we need to dredge the oceans and build more reservoirs to combat sea level rise...

[kaehurowing]

Shift happens.

[djpg]

Send all the warmists over to the glacier to investigate it.

[Celerity]

I know what they are saying. Everytime I put an ice cube in my lemonade my entire kitchen floods.

[redfreedom]

Please see my tag line

[skimbell]

"...could completely melt away..."

And then again, maybe not...

[TexasFreeper2009]

so basically.. if the snow from the last ice age continues to melt as it has for the last 10,000 or so years... sea levels might rise some?

got it.

Not worried.

NEXT!