Posted on 03/01/2022 4:43:34 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
It's massive, it's collapsing due to global warming, and when it goes, sea levels are going to rise by a significant amount, perhaps by 10 feet.
"All signs point to (the eventuality that) we're not going to keep this glacier from collapsing," said Villanova University Vice President, Chief Research Officer, and Chemistry Professor Amanda Grannas about the glacier that she said is about the size of Florida.
"Part of the weights actually extends out over the ocean. So part of the ice is floating on top of the ocean water, and part of it's located over land."
Dr. Grannas said ice shelves on the continent help keep the massive weight of such glaciers from flowing into the ocean.
"If our ice shelf...goes away, then that opens the door for that ice that's behind it, that's over the land, to more freely flow out into the ocean. And that means catastrophic sea-level rise if that were to happen."
She said that the Thwaites Glacier serves that purpose, but it has been deteriorating for 20 years, "much more quickly than we had anticipated."
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
Wow, how'd they miss inserting "man made" in front of global warming. Maybe because it's already settled science.
What an audacious claim.
How do you know when Democrat scum are lying?
Their lips are moving.
The oceans will rise and wash away Florida and NYC in ______
Sea levels rising 10 feet? Call me when that happens.
We know nobody of importance believes this because every liberal touting it has a mansion on the seashore. Oh, and they fly their personal carbon belching jet. When they sell their mansions (and there’s no buyers) and they stop flying around in their personal jet, I’ll begin to panic. (Okay, not your actual sphincter-gripping-the-upholstery panic because, even if it started now the only thing it will do is move the beach closer to my property. Which I can then sell to the liberals at a hefty profit.)
Previously, Villanova had replied, "Answer hazy. Try again!"
Regards,
A chemist.
Awesome!!!
I don’t believe there is enough ice on the planet to raise the oceans by ten feet, upon melting. But what do I know.
someone needs to learn a little basic math about volume and the density of snow
Throw an ice cube in a swimming pool and see if it rises 10 feet
Where most radical man made climate change advocates are going-there won’t be any climate change!
I am sure obama will sell his TWO multi million dollar beach front vacation homes.
Simple physics: If it is already on the water, its aready influencing sea levels
It doesn’t matter at that point if it melts. You have to melt the land ice to raise sea level.
Wow...we need about 4 of those to fall to restore the water level back to the age of ghe Greeks and the battle at Thermoplye.
Or not.
If Amanda is making such claims to Villanova to decide where they should dock their yacht in a few years, that's OK. That's on you. Don't fear porn me by paying these people to work their grant trade, then pay them again to spout this garbage, then pay for the costs of crazy economic damages caused by their garbage, and then never have to answer for the scientifically invalid results of their claims.
Is there a picture of this big ice cube melting?
If the Climate were in a cooling trend they would be screaming man made global cooling! I want these geniuses to point to time when the earths Climate was stagnant!!
If the Climate were in a cooling trend they would be screaming man made global cooling! I want these geniuses to point to time when the earths Climate was stagnant!!
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