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Related: About this forumPBS Terra: Weathered .... The Doomsday Glacier Is Collapsing...Who Is Most at Risk?
The Doomsday Glacier Is Collapsing
Who Is Most at Risk?
Sea level rise is a problem that is garnishing increasing attention among both scientists and the media. And as climate change continues to warm the earth, the current rate of 1.4 inches per decade is projected to increase, with NOAA predicting another foot of sea-level rise along US coastlines by 2050.
The most consequential tipping point, when it comes to sea-level rise, is Thwaites Glacier, also known as the Doomsday glacier, located in West Antarctica. When this massive ice sheet melts, the earths seas are predicted to rise by at least two feet. But perhaps the greater concern is what will happen to the surrounding ice once Thwaites is no longer there to stabilize the region around it. Many scientists predict that, were this system to completely collapse, we would actually see around 6 feet of sea-level rise a truly catastrophic scenario.
In this episode, we explore just how likely this dire outcome is, take a look at how Americas most at-risk city, Miami, is already experiencing the effects today, and what all of this has to do with gentrification.
Weathered is a show hosted by weather expert Maiya May and produced by Balance Media that helps explain the most common natural disasters, what causes them, how theyre changing, and what we can do to prepare.
Sea level rise is a problem that is garnishing increasing attention among both scientists and the media. And as climate change continues to warm the earth, the current rate of 1.4 inches per decade is projected to increase, with NOAA predicting another foot of sea-level rise along US coastlines by 2050.
The most consequential tipping point, when it comes to sea-level rise, is Thwaites Glacier, also known as the Doomsday glacier, located in West Antarctica. When this massive ice sheet melts, the earths seas are predicted to rise by at least two feet. But perhaps the greater concern is what will happen to the surrounding ice once Thwaites is no longer there to stabilize the region around it. Many scientists predict that, were this system to completely collapse, we would actually see around 6 feet of sea-level rise a truly catastrophic scenario.
In this episode, we explore just how likely this dire outcome is, take a look at how Americas most at-risk city, Miami, is already experiencing the effects today, and what all of this has to do with gentrification.
Weathered is a show hosted by weather expert Maiya May and produced by Balance Media that helps explain the most common natural disasters, what causes them, how theyre changing, and what we can do to prepare.
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PBS Terra: Weathered .... The Doomsday Glacier Is Collapsing...Who Is Most at Risk? (Original Post)
xocetaceans
Apr 2022
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Here's another interactive look. It would take a 2 degree Celsius point for lift off.
ancianita
Apr 2022
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ancianita
(36,023 posts)1. Here's another interactive look. It would take a 2 degree Celsius point for lift off.
Then we'd be doomed by more than rising oceans.
https://interactive.pri.org/2019/05/antarctica/thwaites-glacier-collapse.html
Smackdown2019
(1,186 posts)2. I know this is a bad forecast... BUT
I know this a bad forecast of rising seas, but nuclear winter or mega volcanos could reverse temperatures to cooler weather patterns. Of course, who wants to experience that?
Mr. Evil
(2,839 posts)3. That would be a disaster for farmers
and would most likely cause a global famine. Read about 'the year without a summer' and what happened then.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer
Smackdown2019
(1,186 posts)5. I didn't say it would be a good choice
It be bad for everyone.
Rhiannon12866
(205,161 posts)4. K&R. This is obviously the most important issue this planet is facing...