Ice covered fjords and mountain landscapes on Greenland on Aug. 5. Photo: Britta Pedersen/picture alliance via Getty Images)is on course to lose hundreds of trillions metric tons of ice and contribute close to a foot in average global sea level rise through 2100, regardless of the magnitude of greenhouse gas emissions cuts during the period, glaciologists found in a new study published Monday.
For comparison, that amount of ice loss could cover the entire U.S. with 37 feet of water, the study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, finds.This study is significant since it relies on observations during two decades of studying Greenland, rather than just computer modeling. "It is a very conservative rock-bottom minimum. Realistically, we will see this figure more than double within this century," Box said in a statement Monday.
Tragic.
suekhi It is happening faster than the year 2100. We are seeing massive changes before our very eyes.
Why is no one talking about microbes frozen in these ice layers that will be unleashed on living beings of earth
Huh?
Stop lying.
On the upside though - lots of oil company shareholders are rich. So it’s pros and cons.