Posted on 02/10/2019 3:07:18 PM PST by Textide
The destruction of the Antarctic ice sheet may not lead to such a catastrophic rise in the level of the oceans, as previously thought. In a new study, the authors calculated that instead of growing by a meter or more by 2100, a growth of 14-15 cm is likely, writes N + 1.
At the same time, the melting of the ice of Greenland and Antarctica is not fully taken into account in modern climate models, as it will lead to even more destabilization of the regional climate. Both studies on this are published in the journal Nature.
The melting of the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica is considered one of the most dangerous global consequences of climate change caused by human activity, which will lead to an increase in the level of the World Ocean. There are very significant reserves of ice, and the rate of its melting has increased in recent years. However, the range of estimates of the speed of this process in the future and the final rise in the level of the oceans is quite large. So, in 2016, in one of the works, it was assumed that by 2100 due to the sharp destruction of the Antarctic ice sheet, the level of the World Ocean could rise by a meter or more.
In the first study, Tamzin Edwards from King’s College London and her colleagues question this prediction. According to Edwards, who is quoted by the college press service, scientists re-analyzed data on ice loss and ocean level 3 million years ago, 125 thousand years ago and in the last 25 years and estimated the likelihood of rapid destruction of unstable sea areas of Antarctic glaciers, which the authors 2016 was associated with a meter increase in the level of the oceans. The hypothesis of such destruction received the abbreviated name MICI (marine ice cliff instability).
They found that MICI does not necessarily explain the dynamics of sea level in the past, and without this the probability that the level will grow by more than 39 centimeters by 2100 is only about 5 percent. Edwards notes that in their model, even if the Antarctic glaciers really will collapse rapidly, the maximum increase in sea level will not exceed half a meter, and the most likely growth will be 14-15 cm. At the same time, scientists cannot completely eliminate the MICI phenomenon: they only talk about that more research is needed in this area.
In the second article, Edwards and Nick Golledge of Queen Victoria University in Wellington and their co-authors write that current climate models do not fully take into account the consequences of the destruction of the ice of Greenland and the Antarctic, which will slow down the Atlantic Ocean and further melt the Antarctic ice due to “locking” of warm water in the Southern Ocean (climatologists call such self-enhancing processes positive feedback processes). In addition, according to the authors of the article, the melting of ice in the warming scenario of 3-4 degrees compared with the middle of the XIX century will lead to a less predictable climate and an increase in the scale of extreme weather events.
A big nothing-burger, w/ cheese.
Ping.
We simply cannot do it.
There is no way to validate the models.
We do not have the data.
Nevertheless, just to be sure, we should cease all air and motor travel. We will be the only country that does this, but America must lead by example. We will find a way. Think of the children. We can accomplish this is 12 years by increasing punitive taxation and shaming via media outlets.
Sounds like something less than “settled science.”
I like how they freak out when any ice bergs break off the antarctic ice shelves, but all that ice has always been in the sea which means the net total sea rise is near ZERO anyways if it all melted, we only need to worry about ice in the interior starts melting.
Sure there is, are you kidding?
The models are valid if they help us advance our political agenda. Are you new?
How does the icecap simultaneously lose ice-melt while the volume of ice increases on Antarctica?
Oh, that's happening, in the Antarctic.
It's being caused by heat coming up from below.
This earth-generated heat is, of course, America's fault, even though we're about 8000 miles away from the South Pole.
More than previously ice is apparently flowing iin the glaciers to the edge and breaking off as floes and bergs because more ice is forming in the middle of the landmass forcing the glaciers to move more voluminously.
East coast sea level changes... post glacial rebound?? http://www.antarcticglaciers.org/glaciers-and-climate/sea-level-rise-2/recovering-from-an-ice-age/
This is a NOAA webpage which has looked at increments of 50 year sea level trends at many sites across the US. (and world sites if you click around a little)
https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station.shtml?stnid=8723170
Click on the tab that says, “Variation of 50-Year Relative Sea Level Trends” you can look at different gauges around the country for different 50 year averages.
In most cases the 50 year intervals show declining rates of sea levels on the order of 3-5 millimeters which then level back towards the baseline. That’s millimeters over 5 decades! It’s all BS!
Oh, the scientists have declared climate change is settled but they can’t definitively state whether boys are boys or maybe girls, or something...
Perhaps with a few billion more in research funding, they may be able to narrow that one down.
How does the icecap simultaneously lose ice-melt while the volume of ice increases on Antarctica?
As soon as those new green deal fiscal problems are solved, the scientists promise to get on it right quick.
Said Climate Change advocates do little to make sense.
[ ...we only need to worry about ice in the interior starts melting.
Oh, that’s happening, in the Antarctic.
It’s being caused by heat coming up from below.
This earth-generated heat is, of course, America’s fault, even though we’re about 8000 miles away from the South Pole. ]
Because the CO2 in the air is quantum linked to the lava under Antarctica and when that heats up it is causing the lava to heat up thusly melting the ice!!!!
I too can come up with GoreBull warming BS junk science!!! XD
Reality does not matter if you mean well.
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Oh, and you have to be a liberal too.
Anthropomorphic quantum entanglement, of course! Why didn't I think of that?
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