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Rapid Collapse of Antarctic Glaciers Could Flood Coastal Cities by the End of this Century

posted by mrpg on Monday November 27 2017, @07:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the we-are-doomed dept.

Whoever writes:

We may be headed for an ice apocalypse which could result in the flooding of coastal cities before the end of this century. Glaciers in Antarctica may break and release ice, exposing taller cliffs, resulting in faster melting.

"In the past few years, scientists have identified marine ice-cliff instability as a feedback loop that could kickstart the disintegration of the entire West Antarctic ice sheet this century — much more quickly than previously thought."

[...] A wholesale collapse of Pine Island and Thwaites would set off a catastrophe. Giant icebergs would stream away from Antarctica like a parade of frozen soldiers. All over the world, high tides would creep higher, slowly burying every shoreline on the planet, flooding coastal cities and creating hundreds of millions of climate refugees.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday November 28 2017, @03:54AM (1 child)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday November 28 2017, @03:54AM (#602323) Journal
    How about you stab yourself in the face a few times? I'm sure there's a reason for why we would want other people to do pointless, harmful or lethal activities, but until we can think of what that reason could be, there's face stabbing to keep you occupied.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 28 2017, @06:50AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 28 2017, @06:50AM (#602379)

    do pointless, harmful or lethal activities

    How that harmful? According to you there's little impact of the sea level growing. And that dome is the USA way of making a safe environment for the Enewetak Atoll's population.
    Safe on all grounds, nice weather, I wonder why you don't like it.