Scientists have determined that Antarctica’s sea ice is melting faster than we thought.
As one example, the “Doomsday Glacier” (which is the size of Florida) could rapidly deteriorate in the next decade causing sea levels to rise by several feet.
For the third consecutive year, sea ice coverage around Antarctica has plummeted to historically low levels, dropping below 2 million square kilometers. This trend represents a significant departure from the norm, with data showing that such low levels of sea ice haven't been recorded since satellite measurements began in 1979.
The “Doomsday Glacier” is the world’s largest glacier and sheds billions of tons of ice into the ocean each year. Scientists trace the glacier’s rapid melting to a powerful El Niño event in the 1940s, but its melting has been expedited by human-made climate change.
A complete collapse of the Doomsday Glacier could raise sea levels by more than 2 feet,but that’s just the tip of the iceberg – this collapse would undermine the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, which would raise sea levels by at least 10 feet and cause catastrophic global flooding.
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