Western Antarctic ice sheet collapse has already begun, scientists warn

[BrilloPad]

Western Antarctic ice sheet collapse has already begun, scientists warn | Environment | The Guardian

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The collapse of the Western Antarctica ice sheet is already under way and is unstoppable. The glaciers' retreat is being driven by climate change and is already causing sea-level rise at a much faster rate than scientists had anticipated.

The loss of the entire western Antarctica ice sheet could eventually cause up to 4 metres (13ft) of sea-level rise.
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But the researchers said that even though such a rise could not be stopped, it is still several centuries off, and potentially up to 1,000 years away.
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Phew! I was worried there! More coal fired power stations for hotter summers anyone?

[DodgyAgent]

I have already sent a cheque to Al Gore

[MarillionFan]

My new beach front development on Dartmoor is going to be worth a fortune.

[original PM]

Western Antarctic ice sheet collapse has already begun, scientists warn | Environment | The Guardian

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The collapse of the Western Antarctica ice sheet is already under way and is unstoppable. The glaciers' retreat is being driven by climate change and is already causing sea-level rise at a much faster rate than scientists had anticipated.

The loss of the entire western Antarctica ice sheet could eventually cause up to 4 metres (13ft) of sea-level rise.
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But the researchers said that even though such a rise could not be stopped, it is still several centuries off, and potentially up to 1,000 years away.
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Phew! I was worried there! More coal fired power stations for hotter summers anyone?

Althouigh in 500 years time we will enter a mini ice age and the antartic ice sheet will be twice the size it is now

or something else will happen

etc

[BrilloPad]

Althouigh in 500 years time we will enter a mini ice age and the antartic ice sheet will be twice the size it is now

or something else will happen

etc

Neither us, nor the "scientists" who create this rubbish, will be around to find out....

[minestrone]

Quick, build more wind farms!

[doodab]

Althouigh in 500 years time we will enter a mini ice age and the antartic ice sheet will be twice the size it is now

or something else will happen

etc

The trouble with the "climate has always changed" long run argument for inactivity is that the ensuing disruption will be, quite literally, disastrous. We still need to deal with it whether it's caused by human activity or not.

[vetran]

Neither us, nor the "scientists" who create this rubbish, will be around to find out....

result just send funding!

[DodgyAgent]

The trouble with the "climate has always changed" long run argument for inactivity is that the ensuing disruption will be, quite literally, disastrous. We still need to deal with it whether it's caused by human activity or not.

That's fine but what evidence is there that "doing anything" will achieve anything?

[VectraMan]

Meanwhile in India:

Indian climate boffins: Himalayan glaciers are NOT MELTING

India stepped up its own scientific research after shoddy work was exposed in the 2007 IPCC AR4 report into climate impacts. That report claimed the Himalayan glaciers would disappear entirely by 2035, leading to widespread drought, starvation and migration. It was rubbish, as the unapologetic IPCC chairman Rajendra Pachauri, was forced to admit.