Posted on 05/12/2014 4:46:14 PM PDT by Libloather
Two teams of scientists say the long-feared collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet has begun, kicking off what they say will be a centuries-long, "unstoppable" process that could raise sea levels by as much as 15 feet.
"There's been a lot of speculation about the stability of marine ice sheets, and many scientists suspected that this kind of behavior is under way," Ian Joughin, a glaciologist at the University of Washington in Seattle, said in a news release about one of the studies published Monday. "This study provides a more qualitative idea of the rates at which the collapse could take place."
The findings from Joughin and his colleagues, appearing in the journal Science, indicate that in some places, Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier is losing tens of feet, or several meters, of ice elevation every year.
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This is serious as the article a few minutes ago said 3.9 feet not 15. I should have seafront property by morning.
Science or science fiction?
So we are all going to drown and taxing carbon emissions is a big ole waste.
Money can’t fix it. There! The debate is over!
I smell fear and desperation.
Well, actually it will be 3.9 in some places and 15 feet
in republican districts...
15 feet? Even a laymen knows that’s hogwash.
“Two teams of scientists say”
why two? oh thats right...that gives the story BIg Credibility....
Al Gore better hurry and sell his beachfront mansion.
Antarctic sea ice... hey, that reminds me, I need a cold drink!
Science ??
Fiction??
Neither, it’s genuine BS!
Antarctic sea ice... hey, that reminds me, I need a cold drink!
What's the difference?
Centuries long process. In other words, we'll all be dead for hundreds of years before this goofy nonsense is revealed as idiocy.
Ice sheets collapse only when they become too massive to remain attached to land. Intense cooling and heavy ice buildup is the cause.
Nope. Women and minorities hardest hit, per usual.
considering that approx. 69% of this planet is covered in oceans, there's not enough ice or snow to even raise the sea levels 6 inches.
If it does then that means this planet has gotten so damn hot that nothing will be able to survive........
When ice melts, it takes up LESS space, not more.
Only 50? What went on prior to that?
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