Scientists warn that by 2300, more than half of Antarctica’s ice shelves could collapse, leading to an irreversible 10-metre rise in sea level, the Daily Mail writes.
Cities and towns around the world could be flooded in just 275 years, according to a new study. Scientists from Sorbonne University in Paris predict that 59% of Antarctica’s ice shelves could collapse by 2300. In such a case, the level of the World Ocean will irreversibly rise by 10 meters.
Experts say this could become a reality if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise: “Our results suggest that choices to change emissions pathways could have a significant impact on the likelihood of most of Antarctic ice shelves disappearing in the long term.” These ice shelves, the floating edges of the Antarctic ice sheet, play a critical role in regulating ice loss.
And although 2300 is still a long way off, researchers say we’ll start to feel the effects much sooner: “The period from about 2085 to 2170 contains the largest number of ice shelves that will likely end.”
By the way, they previously wrote that scientists refuted the theory that dinosaurs died before the asteroid hit.
Source: People Talk
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