Posted on 12/19/2021 7:11:32 PM PST by RomanSoldier19
cientists are warning an Antarctic glacier could collapse and cause sea levels to raise at least a foot in the next decade.
The scientists said Monday at the American Geophysical Union the Thwaites glacier, which is the size of Florida, could collapse in the next three to five years.
The ice shelf holding the glacier in place is quickly developing cracks due to the warm water hitting it, according to the scientists.
"There's going to be a dramatic change in the front of the glacier probably within less than a decade," Ted Scambos, a senior research scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, said.
"It's doubled its outflow speed within the last 30 years, and the glacier in its entirety holds enough water to raise sea level by over 2 feet. And it could lead to even more sea-level rise, up to 10 feet, if it draws the surrounding glaciers with it," he added.
He said the collapse of the glacier could harm glaciers nearby due to its size and cause them to fall as well.
The warning from scientists comes after a hole two-thirds the size of Manhattan was found in Thwaites glacier.
"Researchers expected to find some gaps between ice and bedrock at Thwaites' bottom where ocean water could flow in and melt the glacier from below," NASA said at the time. "The size and explosive growth rate of the newfound hole, however, surprised them."
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Where’s me grant money?
“...sea levels to raise at least a foot in the next decade...”
A boon for shipping and Global Commerce.
Or not.
Obama better move then.
I’m guessing these “scientists “ all wear bow ties and have no degree in anything scien-cy
Monkeys COULD fly out of my butt
When the climate terrorsts like Obama, Gore, Biden et el stop flying in private jets and downsizing their 40,000 + homes on the beach, I’ll listen to them.
Until then, blah, blah, blah, blah ...
If that’s the case, Nancy’s ice cream freezer in Jupiter is gonna have 3 feet of water in it
Summer in Antarctica
Not hard to imagine. Hillary collapsed and raised Trumps poll numbers 10 points plus. Getting to close to either Hillary or the ocean could probably give you crabs.
There is a hydraulic calculation somewhere based on the entire oceanfront footage (really mileage) that would be effected with rising water of 1 foot of ocean. A better way to put it is similar to the calculation (available on any water management district’s website) on how many gallons of water it would take to raise the level of a body of water, say, a lake for example 6 inches.
The entire surface area of the world which is covered with seawater, ocean water is very large. Incorporate that number into the water rise calculations and one can derive how much water that would be. Then compare that to the amount of glacial ice these idiots are saying is collapsing into the ocean. It cannot even begin to approach the amount of water, in cubic miles, it would take to raise all the oceans of the world ... a foot. (oh yeah, they said “at least” a foot.
Not possible in other words for this to happen.
Check the bank accounts of everyone spouting this nonsense.
Now I’m kinda rooting for climate change. If it kills off just one socialist, it may be worth it.
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. As the chart shows most of that rise was over about 8k years ago.
From 1880 to 2000 sea level rose about 20 cm or just under 8 inches. Far less than the nearly 30 inches per century average over the last 18,000 years.
The most recent data from NASA shows a decline in sea level.
Inconvenient: NASA shows global sea level…pausing, instead of rising
I’ll start worrying about rising sea levels when the rich sell their beach front homes for pennies on the dollar.
“...all wear bow ties and have no degree in anything scien-cy...”
Their science degrees are probably “Political Science!”
Strangely though, beachfront homes in places like Martha’s Vineyard, the Hamptons and Malibu will continue to increase in value.
Bulldogs overheat easily.
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