THE OCEAN IS RISING, AND IT'S RISING FUCKING FAST
We all know sea levels are rising, what you might not know is that it’s actually accelerating…
150 million people worldwide live within three feet of current ocean levels, any guesses as to what the predicted sea level rise at the end of the century will be? Even if it wasn’t accelerating, we’re looking at a rise of 25cm by 2100, now it’s looking more like 65cm. It doesn’t sound like a lot but the results are potentially catastrophic. So what’s the cause?
As global temperatures rise the ocean expands and rises, this is one factor. The other is of course melting ice, specifically the huge sheets of ice over Antarctica and Greenland that are vanishing at a startling rate. The authors of the paper state that in fact their estimates are being cautious, and it could be much much worse…
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