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'World's most dangerous glacier' could cause catastrophic sea level rise, study warns
Fox News ^
| July 9, 2019
| Chris Ciaccia
Posted on 07/09/2019 4:02:03 PM PDT by 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 dont need to continue to force the ice sheet by cranking up temperatures. It will keep going by itself, and thats 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.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antarctic; artarctica; fakescience; glacier; manbearpig; sealevels; thwaitesglacier
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It doesn't seem to have anything to do with CO2 levels in the atmosphere.
Sometimes things happen. Nature is powerful.
To: Innovative
Invest in liferaft futures.
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posted on
07/09/2019 4:04:08 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(TDenounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
To: Innovative
“If”, “could”, “the worry is”. Wow, not exactly the language of a settled science.
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posted on
07/09/2019 4:04:17 PM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standaurds at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Innovative
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.
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posted on
07/09/2019 4:04:47 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(A joke: Comey,Brennan and Lynch walk into a Barr...)
To: Innovative
Pfffttttt! They’ve almost all evaporated anyway so, meh!
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posted on
07/09/2019 4:04:53 PM PDT
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: Innovative
Well, technically speaking, there’s a finite amount of ice so the melting couldn’t be “never-ending”.
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posted on
07/09/2019 4:05:54 PM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standaurds at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Innovative
Not a single prediction in 50 years re:climate change has come to pass.
Not one.
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posted on
07/09/2019 4:05:57 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(As always IMHO)
To: Gay State Conservative
Uh, pretty sure it’s mid winter down unduh. More climalarkey from the lames. Could, possibly, may, might, a chance........
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posted on
07/09/2019 4:06:32 PM PDT
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: Innovative
So wait, are rising temperatures causing glaciers to retreat or grow?
I'm confused.
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posted on
07/09/2019 4:06:49 PM PDT
by
The Chid
To: Innovative
“.... 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...............
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posted on
07/09/2019 4:08:11 PM PDT
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: Innovative
If you fill a glass with ice cubes and then add water to the brim; what happens when the ice melts?
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posted on
07/09/2019 4:09:04 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
To: freedumb2003
Mostly 🐂💩
To: Innovative
Quick everyone embrace global socialism.
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posted on
07/09/2019 4:12:51 PM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(My tagline is in the shop.)
To: Innovative
I think we need to dredge the oceans and build more reservoirs to combat sea level rise...
To: Innovative
To: Innovative
Send all the warmists over to the glacier to investigate it.
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posted on
07/09/2019 4:18:42 PM PDT
by
djpg
To: Innovative
I know what they are saying. Everytime I put an ice cube in my lemonade my entire kitchen floods.
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posted on
07/09/2019 4:22:30 PM PDT
by
Celerity
To: Texas Eagle
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posted on
07/09/2019 4:23:30 PM PDT
by
redfreedom
( Setteled Science = Irrevocable Unmitigated Lie)
To: Innovative
"...could completely melt away..." And then again, maybe not...
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posted on
07/09/2019 4:24:08 PM PDT
by
skimbell
To: Innovative
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.
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