Arctic ice melting - maybe not

[fillyboy]

Worst case,

There is still some uncertainty about the full volume of glaciers and ice caps on Earth, but if all of them were to melt, global sea level would rise approximately 70 meters (approximately 230 feet), flooding every coastal city on the planet.

https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-would-sea-level-change-if-all-glaciers-melted#:~:text=There%20is%20still%20some%20uncertainty,coastal%20city%20on%20the%20planet.

So 2.1% of the planets water is in glaciers, but if they melted, sea levels would rise by 230 feet.

Righto.

 

[denso13]

So 2.1% of the planets water is in glaciers, but if they melted, sea levels would rise by 230 feet.

Righto.

And in one sentence you have proved all those climate scientists wrong. Why didn't they think of that... thickos...

 

[fillyboy]

And in one sentence you have proved all those climate scientists wrong. Why didn't they think of that... thickos...

They proved themselves wrong by inserting the proviso 'there is still some uncertainty'. It's in your link, read it.

 

[diy_fun_uk]

Everyone's going to relocate to Mars, what you all worried about?

#TrustInMusk

 

[StephenStephen]

When I was at school and in college, the environmental disaster du jour was the hole in the ozone layer which went onto miraculously heal itself.

As a youngster I was worried sick about this. At the time, we were told we were all going to fry as a result. Now, we are being told we are all going to drown.

When will man understand they are not the infinite wisdom.

Perhaps they will develop some wisdom when they bother to make the effort to find out some little tiny facts about the subject of their pronouncements (in this case the ozone layer recovery...)

It is odd but true that Thatcher and Reagan were instrumental in bringing about the necessary changes which (somewhat unmiraculously) caused the ozone layer to heal.

 

[denso13]

They proved themselves wrong

Lol, ok, panic over...

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Why do all the climate deniers also support Brexit, Reform, Oil burning cars etc ?

Ok, maybe not all, but a significant majority.

Someone will be along soon to say " where did I say that?"

 

[IT Minion]

There's loads of literature on it, the leading theory is that for one reason or another you associate with a political views point. Then you hear their talking points about a topic you haven't considered before and adopt their views with minimal scrutiny. It then becomes very hard to convince you differently because we aren't good at changing our minds.

 

[denso13]

Why do all the climate deniers also support Brexit, Reform, Oil burning cars etc ?

Some sort of anti establishment stance maybe? Virtually all climate scientists agree but that is just another hoax to them.

 

[noseall]

It's in your link, read it.

'they proved themselves wrong' is not in the link, not even close.

 

[gas112]

got to love it bunch of tree huggers on moaning about fossil fuels and climate change using their plastic devices made from oil . Which then use massive servers that eat up electricity like no tomorrow and then plugging their plastic devices back into to recharge to carry on telling us about the evils of climate change

 

[StephenStephen]

got to love it bunch of tree huggers on moaning about fossil fuels and climate change using their plastic devices made from oil . Which then use massive servers that eat up electricity like no tomorrow and then plugging their plastic devices back into to recharge to carry on telling us about the evils of climate change

Sadly, hypocrisy is not an indicator of innacuracy.

 

[transam]

Blimey they are already starting deep sea mining (?) to get all the elements in order to transition to nett zero

Some bloke on the telly living in Green land is now growing strawberries in his garden he’s is happy

Plus there is some caper out there were bye the wealth of the nation (?) is shared out to the population

Ice melting opens up the interior gold mining diamonds ?? Rare earth metals so as to help out this move to leccy

Greenlanders could end up as the richest population on earth ??

If I was a green lander I would be well chuffed could end up as a millionaire ??

 

[carmanmemoranda]

got to love it bunch of tree huggers on moaning about fossil fuels and climate change using their plastic devices made from oil . Which then use massive servers that eat up electricity like no tomorrow and then plugging their plastic devices back into to recharge to carry on telling us about the evils of climate change

Better to not even recognise the issues maybe ?

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

If I was a green lander I would be well chuffed could end up as a millionaire ??

Maybe why Trump wants Greenland?