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Posted on 06/17/2018 11:07:27 AM PDT by EdnaMode
In the future, seas will rise far higher than they are today. The question is whether it happens quickly or slowly.
There's enough ice stacked on top of Antarctica to raise seas around the globe by almost 200 feet. While it takes time for major changes to occur with that much ice, Antarctica is melting faster than we thought, according to a study recently published in the journal Nature.
The melting rate has been speeding up significantly in recent years.
Between 1992 and 2017, Antarctica lost more than 3.3 trillion tons of ice, causing sea levels around the globe to rise an average of 8 millimeters. About 40% of that loss occurred between 2012 and 2017, according to the new study. From 1992 to 2012, the continent lost about 84 billion tons of ice a year, and over the next five years, that jumped to more than 240 billion tons per year.
If the acceleration of ice melt were to continue, it could potentially cascade, leading to runaway ice melt and rapid sea level rise.
The biggest changes have come in West Antarctica, where the glaciers holding back ice sheets rest on rapidly warming ocean waters, causing them to melt more quickly.
Climate science professor Chis Rapley of the University College London has previously described Antarctica as a "slumbering giant" of ice melt and sea level rise that seems to be awakening.
"This paper suggests it is stretching its limbs," he told the UK Science Media Center.
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Of course. :D
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Some moron today predicted that Florida’s economy will go down because the Tampa Bay and other lowline areas will be underwater in 30 years. I’m not a scientist, but last time I checked, ice melting will not cause any flooding. Put an ice cube in a glass fill it to the top and guess what ice melting won’t spill out of the glass...
Well, I do know I need taller waders to deal with the tide of BS coming my way.
What is that a map of?
Title should be maybe instead of is
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