Throughout
the years, we have learned that mankind has drastically changed planet Earth.
If all the ice melted on Earth, it would DRAMATICALLY reshape our planet’s
continents and would result in the flooding of major cities around the globe.
Scientists estimate that there are more than 5 million CUBIC miles of ice on
Earth.
Many
researchers agree that it would take around 5,000 years for all the ice to
melt. If this were to occur, it would DRAMATICALLY reshape our planet’s
continents and would result in the flooding of major cities around the globe.
Scroll down
to the bottom if you want to watch “What The World Will Look Like Once ALL The
Ice Melted” video!
However, if
we continue to add the amount of carbon to the atmosphere, we could easily
create and ICE-FREE planet. As National Geographic reports, this would result
in an average temperature of perhaps 80 degrees Fahrenheit instead of the
current 58.
According to
reports, sea levels have drastically risen in the last decade and at an even
greater rate in recent years. Estimates by the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change believes that sea levels could rise at an alarming rate of one
or more meters by the end of the century.
All of this
was intricately shown by National Geographic in 2013, and that sea levels can
rise by 216 feet if all the land ice on our planet were to melt.
The
consequences are terrifying. It would mean that the ENTIRE Atlantic seaboard
could vanish, including Florida and the Gulf Coast. Check out the below image:
In South
America the same would happen as the Amazon Basin in the north and the Paraguay
River Basin in the south would become Atlantic inlets, wiping out Buenos Aires,
coastal Uruguay, and most of Paraguay.
The same
thing would happen across Europe, Africa, Asia and even Antarctica.
Recently,
scientists discovered alarming things on Antarctica. According to reports, a
MASSIVE crack in the Antarctic ice shelf Larsen C, will soon give away,
becoming one of the largest icebergs on the planet. In fact, it might be an
iceberg twice the size of the SMALLEST European country.
As it turns
out, Larsen C is the FOURTH largest ice shelf in Antarctica and according to
reports from Nature, since early this year, its crack has moved at least 10
kilometers more. Currently, the crack is already 175 kilometers long. When the
iceberg finally separates from the ice shelf, it will be one of the largest
ever recorded, although it is difficult to predict when it will happen.
To get an
idea at what would happen if all the land ice melted, the Business Insider has
created a video which perfectly illustrates it.
Video by BIScience
Image
credit: JASON TREAT, MATTHEW TWOMBLY, WEB BARR, MAGGIE SMITH, NGM STAFF. ART:
KEES VEENENBOS.
Reference:
What the World Would Look Like if All the Ice Meltedhttp://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2013/09/rising-seas-ice-melt-new-shoreline-maps/
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