stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoAntarctic sea-ice at 'mind-blowing' low alarms expertswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1313arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.mlworld@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmit.online
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Missing winter sea-ice signals changes in Antarctica that could be “absolute disaster for the world”, scientists say.
minus-square4kki@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoI got my information from this article: https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/dieser-gletscher-determin-die-zukunft-der-menschheit-496385214213 It is Swiss, very long but well worth reading. Maybe you can find a way to translate it for yourself. It also says that the melting leads to a rise of 60cm in the short term, but to 60 meters in the long term (1000 years).
minus-squarehomoludens@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 year agoPer your own source: 60 meters is for the whole Antarctica. Thwaites and and the west Antarctica (which is the part “protected” by Thwaites) is 3.5 meters over a few hundred years (up to 1.000 years).
I got my information from this article: https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/dieser-gletscher-determin-die-zukunft-der-menschheit-496385214213 It is Swiss, very long but well worth reading. Maybe you can find a way to translate it for yourself. It also says that the melting leads to a rise of 60cm in the short term, but to 60 meters in the long term (1000 years).
Per your own source: 60 meters is for the whole Antarctica. Thwaites and and the west Antarctica (which is the part “protected” by Thwaites) is 3.5 meters over a few hundred years (up to 1.000 years).