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Thwaites, which already contributes 4% to global sea level rise, holds enough ice to raise sea levels by more than 2 feet. But because it also acts as a natural dam to the surrounding ice in West Antarctica, scientists have estimated its complete collapse could ultimately lead to around 10 feet of sea level rise.
Well that sucks.
This is probably the only way rich people will care about climate change.
Heat waves killing people? I sleep.
My multi million Holiday beach home I use for 2 days a year is at risk? Real shit.
They'll just whine to the politicians they pay until they get a handout of taxpayer money.
I asked ChatGPT and it estimates that a 10 feet rise would make us loose about 3.4% of the global landmass or about 5 million square kilometers.
Not to mention sea level rise’s unpredictable effect on inland rivers. River avulsion can be both directly catastrophic and cause long-term drought and other problems in cities and communities that rely on their rivers being… where they are. Shit’s gonna fuck everyone up.
The environment/global warming will have a “9/11 moment” when a major US city is rendered permanently uninhabitable due to rising sea levels. Katrina in Louisiana should’ve been it, but that was poor people with dark skin, so that wasn’t really a problem. Plus, the water eventually receded, so we could pretend like the problem was temporary.
After it happens, there will be alot of hand-wringing about “What could have been done to prevent this?” and “Why did this happen?”
Katrina was caused by a hurricane. Not sea level rise.
Hey! Hey guys! Here's an idea: let's continue to do fuck all about it! I shits me to despair that we have known for a LONG time what will happen and what needs to be done, yet here we are continuing to fly into catastrophe
Yeah and look at those shareholder values!!
Arizona welcomes its new beach front property at the expense of California being a total loss.