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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LOL! The author fails to mention that the accumulation of ice is completely offsetting the loss.
Toss illeagal aliens into sand bags start stacking them up along the coast
Western Antarctic melt only. Under which they have discovered 91 volcanoes in the last few years. Not climate related.
One of my very few liberal friends posted something about this on FB a few days ago. I looked it up. It is true that the land ice is melting but the ocean water is freezing at a higher level.
Tennessee Possum Holler Seaport is ready to go.
Just waiting for the tide to roll in.
....still waiting.
Sure, we can definitely measure the change in Ocean Levels by 8 mm. Oh yes, that is exactly how smart we are. We could measure it even if it changed half a millimeter. Don’t you feel stupid now, challenging our great insight into Science and Technology?
Rofl!!!
bkmk
Temp goes up, more water evaporates, leading to more humidity and more clouds. The clouds cover the Earth, leading to cooling, and it all reaches an equilibrium.
Love that one, too!
Well, there's your problem right there. If scientists would quit discovering volcanoes none of this would happen.
Dang scientists.
Is it just me?
After reading this I have this compelling desire to give my money to Communists trying to control the world.
Is anyone else having this weird compulsion?
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I didn’t think so.
Uh oh. 10,000 years ago Malibu was in the desert! Where was Al Gore?? Malibu is not supposed to be so close to the sea!
After reading this I have this compelling desire to give my money to Communists trying to control the world.
Reminds me of the programming days... when they brought in ‘object oriented’ programming >.<
“So in 25 years the ocean levels world wide raised 5/16”.”
How do you even measure that tiny amount of sea rise. What’s the error band of those measurements and where are they measured?
This is a “study” done over twenty five years. Did they take into account all the tidal effects from the moon and the sun in all the measurements they did over those years?
But we're all taught that the oceans cover only 70% of Earth's surface, so I multiply by 0.7 to get to get 2860 trillion metric tons.
The article claims that 3.3 trillion tons of water released into the oceans would raise global sea level by 8 mm. It looks like they're off by pretty nearly a factor of 1000.
I say 8mm would be 2860 trillion metric tons, they say 3.3 trillion tons would do it. Even if we allow for the 10% difference between a "metric ton" and a "ton," they're still way off.
If you ask them they give you a strange look and just laugh.
I've been hoping to hear from you (or someone who lives on the Florida Gulf Coast for a long time!
I've a friend who lives in Pasco County, and he's never mentioned sea level rise. He has a canal in his back yard.
Also, there are lots of neighborhoods in Clearwater and elsewhere where the gulf comes right up to people's back yards. Why aren't they screaming in panic?
So how do your neighbors react to the sea-level-rise stories? Do they just ignore them?
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