No quick fix for those melting glaciers
Friday, June 13, 2014 - 07:02
in Earth & Climate
Even after researching the effects of climate change on ecosystems for 15 years, I had to put down my morning coffee and take a deep breath at the news earlier this spring that much of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is sure to collapse, even if humans stop climate change immediately. Within two centuries, meltwater released from the long-stable glaciers could raise sea levels by up to 10 feet, scientists have determined. The potential rise is equivalent to, as one of them said, a permanent Hurricane Sandy storm surge.