The current rapid melting of glaciers in the Peruvian Andes is projected to increase sea level by 40 cm.
Greenland's ice is melting 20% faster than predicted. Total melting of its ice would result in a 6-7m sealevel rise.
Total sealevel rise from Antarctic ice melting: 60-70m.
Worst-case, this is 77.5m so far.
Most of the world's population lives in large urban centres located in low-lying coastal regions.
Want to know what happens with a 60m rise (i.e., Antarctica)? Say good-bye to: Dublin, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Paris, Bordeaux, Lisbon, Barcelona, Marseille, Rome, Venice, Bucharest, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Leningrad, Helsinki, Boston, New York, coastal New England, Washington, Jacksonville, the state of Florida, New Orleans, most of Cuba, Houston, Mephis, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Porltand, Seattle, and Vancouver. And this partial listing, of course, is completely Eurocentric and North American-biased. Most of the world lives neither in Europe nor North America.
I'm not sure if this includes thermal expansion. If so, the rise would be >60m from Antarctica's melting.
This isn't going to happen overnight. But at the current rates of anthropogenic climate change, it's on its way.
My sources are respected peer-reviewed reports and articles (e.g., Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). Don't rely on what I'm saying to form your opinion - do your own research and see for yourself.
And then take a footprint and see how you can cut back your contribution to the problem. Anthropogenic climate change is everyone's fault (particularly First World nations) - hence everyone should be doing something about it.
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The current rapid melting of glaciers in the Peruvian Andes is projected to increase sea level by 40 cm.
Greenland's ice is melting 20% faster than predicted. Total melting of its ice would result in a 6-7m sealevel rise.
Total sealevel rise from Antarctic ice melting: 60-70m.
Worst-case, this is 77.5m so far.
Most of the world's population lives in large urban centres located in low-lying coastal regions.
Want to know what happens with a 60m rise (i.e., Antarctica)? Say good-bye to: Dublin, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Paris, Bordeaux, Lisbon, Barcelona, Marseille, Rome, Venice, Bucharest, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Leningrad, Helsinki, Boston, New York, coastal New England, Washington, Jacksonville, the state of Florida, New Orleans, most of Cuba, Houston, Mephis, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Porltand, Seattle, and Vancouver. And this partial listing, of course, is completely Eurocentric and North American-biased. Most of the world lives neither in Europe nor North America.
I'm not sure if this includes thermal expansion. If so, the rise would be >60m from Antarctica's melting.
This isn't going to happen overnight. But at the current rates of anthropogenic climate change, it's on its way.
My sources are respected peer-reviewed reports and articles (e.g., Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). Don't rely on what I'm saying to form your opinion - do your own research and see for yourself.
And then take a footprint and see how you can cut back your contribution to the problem. Anthropogenic climate change is everyone's fault (particularly First World nations) - hence everyone should be doing something about it.