Posted on 03/31/2016 8:51:14 AM PDT by rktman
Scientists are warning that the West Antarctic ice sheet could collapse, potentially causing sea levels to rise more than 49 feet by 2500.
The study published in the journal Nature this week, cites the impact of greenhouse gas emissions over the coming decades. Collapsing Antarctic ice could cause sea levels to rise more than 3 feet by 2100, say co-authors Rob DeConto, a geoscientist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and David Pollard, a palaeoclimatologist at Pennsylvania State University in University Park.
If emissions continue unabated, the scientists warn, atmospheric warming will soon become a dominant driver of ice loss, with prolonged ocean warming delaying its recovery for thousands of years.
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