the echo chamber is running full bore i see...
Posted on 05/12/2014 5:03:12 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Two forthcoming reports on the western Antarctic ice sheet confirm previous fears that the ice's melt will increase ocean levels by as much as 13 feet within the next few centuries. They also suggest that the process has already begun — and is likely not reversible.
The New York Times reports that both papers — one by NASA scientists, to be published in Geophysical Research Letters, and one by University of Washington scientists to appear in Science — find that the West Antarctic ice sheet is melting because of naturally-occurring warm water welling up from deep in the ocean.
None of this is surprising to those paying attention to the state of the West Antarctic, per the Times, which reports that the late Dr. John H. Mercer predicted the unstoppable melt back in 1978:
The basic problem is that much of the West Antarctic ice sheet sits below sea level in a kind of bowl-shaped depression [in] the earth. As Dr. Mercer outlined in 1978, once the part of the ice sheet sitting on the rim of the bowl melts and the ice retreats into deeper water, it becomes unstable and highly vulnerable to further melting.
Now, scientists are saying that the situation in the Antarctic has passed a crucial threshold. "There's no stabilizing mechanism," said Dr. Ian Joughin, lead author of the paper slated to appear in Science. Even if if the melt rate was too slow, it would be "too little, too late to stabilize the ice sheet," he adds. And NASA's Thomas P. Wagner said "this is really happening. There's nothing to stop it now."
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Well, its too late.
Invest in boats and make hay while the sun shines.
Yes. We’re doomed.
but not for lack of media hype..
The floor is rising!!!!!!!!!
Sheet ice or floating ice already is part of the ocean’s volume. Even if ALL the ice sitting in the water melts, the water level won’t rise...
More bovine excrement.
I just love these satire articles.
Buy Arizona land at the 4800 foot elevation.
Somebody send Gore and friends a copy of this story.
I’m hoping for calm seas in Southeast Asia this fall.. el nino and all.
In 1000 years, we could have another “ice age”....
Hey, watch it,, the earth is expanding now, yaknow, per some scientists opines ..
I’ll buy some paper towels at the store, honey!
The melting has slowed. The first article a few minutes ago had 3.9 feet sea level rise. The next article was sensationalism at 15 feet. We are back to 13 feet so by sunset we should be back to normal.
A couple of miles of ice on top of Chicago should take care of the crime problem there.
the echo chamber is running full bore i see...
Sea levels began to rise 18k years ago at the end of the last glacial period. They have risen about 135 meters since then which is an average of 7.5 millimeters per year. That is an average of 750 mm per century (29.5 inches) which is far more than the average over the last century.
From 1880 to 2000 sea level rose about 20 cm or just under 8 inches. Far far less than the nearly 30 inches per century average over the last 18,000 years.
Hey this is good news! I’ll finally have that beach front property I’ve been dreaming of.
This will solve a lot of problems.
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