From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Sat Apr 13 2002 - 10:06:40 MDT
Eugen Leitl wrote:
>
> On Fri, 12 Apr 2002, Samantha Atkins wrote:
>
> > Sea level going up by 20-something meters will lose us much current
> > coastal real-estate. Look at how many major cities that involves and
>
> Yes, but none of it will happen overnight. We're talking decades to
> centuries here.
If at all. Let me say once again: Antarctica's ice caps will not
collapse. The ice sheets which are breaking away from the continent now
were already floating in the water. There is a difference between ice
SHEETS and ice CAPS. Greenland's ice cap may collapse, resulting in a
3-9 meter rise in ocean levels, but this will require a rise in global
temperatures exceeding 6-9 degrees celsius.
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