Studies Warn of Increasing Sea Level Rise – Truthout
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Article Synopsis – The accelerated loss of ice in Antarctica, which has the potential to raise global sea levels by 70 meters (230 feet), could be the beginning of the process of collapse of the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet. “If that is the case, the world must begin preparations immediately for sea levels that will rise far more abruptly than previously expected, with ocean waters rising as fast as 2.5 meters every one hundred years”, according to a new study. Ice loss in the Antarctic has tripled in just the last decade alone, and is currently losing 219 billion metric tons of ice annually. The study also found that “during the last brief warm period between Earth’s ice ages, which took place 125,000 years ago and when global temperatures were barely higher than they are today, sea levels were six to nine meters (20 to 30 feet) higher than they are right now”. To read the actual article click here.