Posted on Sep 1, 2022
110 trillion tons of ice projected to melt in Greenland — and it's too late to do a thing about...
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Human-driven climate change is expected to cause about 110 trillion tons of ice to melt off Greenland's ice shield — and even the most drastic preventive measures can't stop it, according to a study published in Nature Climate Change this week.
The result of the melt could be up to a foot of global sea level rise, which would have severe global consequences on both coastal and inland regions.
David Bahr is a glaciologist at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He joins Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd to talk about the study and the consequences of its findings.
The result of the melt could be up to a foot of global sea level rise, which would have severe global consequences on both coastal and inland regions.
David Bahr is a glaciologist at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He joins Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd to talk about the study and the consequences of its findings.
110 trillion tons of ice projected to melt in Greenland — and it's too late to do a thing about...
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Climate Change
Science
Greenland
University of Colorado – Boulder
Posted >1 y ago
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Thankfully one of the key components of being the top predator on the planet is our ability to adapt.
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Yes it is but it isn't caused by humans. NASA has stated that we are coming out of an ice age...the sun and our own orbit variations have much more of an impact.
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