Ice Apocalypse – Grist
Article Synopsis – The glaciers of Pine Island Bay, two of the largest and fastest-melting in Antarctica, act as a plug holding back enough ice to pour 11 feet of sea-level rise into the world’s oceans — an amount that would submerge every coastal city on the planet. For that reason, finding out how fast these glaciers will collapse is one of the most important scientific questions in the world today. Next to a meteor strike, rapid sea-level rise from collapsing ice cliffs is one of the quickest ways our world can remake itself. This is about as fast as climate change gets. To read the actual article click here.