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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, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 27 2017, @11:38AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 27 2017, @11:38AM (#602027)

    The rising tide raises all boats. So just get a boat, and you'll be fine. :-)

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 27 2017, @12:29PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 27 2017, @12:29PM (#602038)

    SN headline in 2090: New land opening up in Antarctica

    Homesteading starts up, but there isn't anyone left with the pioneering spirit & skills to take advantage of the free land... Runaway's and Anubi's kids/grandkids just aren't interested.