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Water is eating away at the Antarctic ice, melting it where it hits the oceans. As the ice sheets slowly thaw, water pours into the sea — 130 billion tons of ice (118 billion metric tons) per year for the past decade, according to NASA satellite calculations. That's the weight of more than 356,000 Empire State Buildings, enough ice melt to fill more than 1.3 million Olympic swimming pools. And the melting is accelerating.
In the worst case scenario, Antarctica's melt could push sea levels up 10 feet (3 meters) worldwide in a century or two, recurving heavily populated coastlines.
Parts of Antarctica are melting so rapidly it has become "ground zero of global climate change without a doubt," said Harvard geophysicist Jerry Mitrovica.
originally posted by: greencmp
a reply to: lostbook
I do think it is funny that the Democrats seem to be so concerned with what life will be like in 1000 years but not what it will be like in 10.
originally posted by: lostbook
originally posted by: greencmp
a reply to: lostbook
I do think it is funny that the Democrats seem to be so concerned with what life will be like in 1000 years but not what it will be like in 10.
Democrats? The article doesn't say a thing about Democrats.
originally posted by: Sremmos80
a reply to: greencmp
And what about the scientist in the article, you know their affiliation how?
You are just incredibly off topic as the article is absent of anything political.
originally posted by: greencmp
originally posted by: lostbook
originally posted by: greencmp
a reply to: lostbook
I do think it is funny that the Democrats seem to be so concerned with what life will be like in 1000 years but not what it will be like in 10.
Democrats? The article doesn't say a thing about Democrats.
Well, who else is still jamming ecological catastrophism down our throats?
The greens are true believers but, the Democrats are using it as a blunt instrument merely for its convenient utility to implement their totalitarian agenda.
I see no constructive ideas on how to address these problems whenever they are raised, it is purely for the doom porn shock value.
From the ground in this extreme northern part of Antarctica
originally posted by: lostbook
Democrats? The article doesn't say a thing about Democrats.
originally posted by: lostbook
The consensus from scientists in the aricle is that in 200 to 1000 years for the oceans to raise by 10ft. What says ATS?
news.yahoo.com...
originally posted by: Rezlooper
originally posted by: lostbook
The consensus from scientists in the aricle is that in 200 to 1000 years for the oceans to raise by 10ft. What says ATS?
news.yahoo.com...
With a rapid increase in the Arctic as well and global warming accelerating to, it isn't going to take 100 years.