Antarctic Ice Melting Could Raise Sea Levels Nearly 50 Feet By 2500

Last December, the world’s politicians finally acknowledged what almost every climatologist has been saying for ages: The world is warming, and we are mostly responsible. A new study published in the journal Nature reveals just how catastrophic our manipulation of the world’s climate may be. By 2500, the continued melting of the Antarctic land ice will cause a whopping 15 meters (about 49 feet) in global sea level rise. “This could spell disaster for many low-lying cities,”...
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