(c) Google Flood Maps bij 20 meter zeespiegelstijging
Door Joe Romm, Climate Progress, 20 mei 2014
Several new studies underscore scientists' concerns we're headed toward a coastline at least this [zie kaartje boven; K] flooded (20 meters or 69 feet) over many hundreds of years.
The worst-case scenario for sea level rise has now become simply the "business-as-usual" scenario, recent studies from NASA make clear. NASA glaciologist Eric Rignot, co-author of a new Greenland study, says that, taken together, the new papers "suggest that the globe's ice sheets will contribute far more to sea level rise than current projections show."
That means if we don't reverse carbon pollution emissions trends ASAP, sea level rise will likely be 4 to 5 feet or more by century's end. Also, the rate of sea level rise in 2100 could be upwards of 1 inch per YEAR! [...]
Zie ook (deels later toegevoegd):
Why Greenland's 'Dark Snow" Should Worry You
Door Eric Holthaus, Slate, 16 september 2014
Deep Valleys Under Greenland Mean Higher Sea-Level Rise
Door Christa Marshall en ClimateWire, Scientific American, 19 mei 2013
Soot from wildfires is helping melt Greenland, a vicious circle
Door Jason Box, Dark Snow Project, 19 mei 2014
Greenland Glaciers More Susceptible to Melt Than Thought
Door Andrea Thompson, Climate Central, 18 mei 2014
Smelten van ijskappen op Antarctica niet te stoppen
Trouw, 19 mei 2014
New Studies Suggest Many Coastal Cities Eventually To Be Abandoned With Antarctic Ice Collapse
Door Joe Romm, Climate Progress, 13 mei 2014
Scientists Warn of Rising Oceans From Polar Melt
Door Justin Gillis en Kenneth Chang, The New York Times, 12 mei 2014
Scientists Discover Hundreds Of Methane Leaks Bubbling From The Floor Of The Atlantic Ocean
Door Jeff Spross, Climate Progress, 26 augustus 2014
NOAA: Record Antarctic Sea Ice Growth Linked To Its Staggering Loss Of Land Ice
Door Joe Romm, Climate Progress, 8 oktober 2014
Gigantische ijsvlakte Antarctica staat op breken
Door Barbara Debusschere, de Volkskrant, 14 februari 2015
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet Melt: Defending the Drama
Door Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 23 maart 2015
Shrinking of Antarctic ice shelves is accelerating
Door Laurence Padman, Fernando Paolo en Helen Amanda Fricker, The Conversation / Science, 26 maart 2015
Antarctica Recorded Its Hottest Temperature Ever This Week
Door Ari Phillips, Climate Progress / Weather Underground, 28 maart 2015
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Nederland slechtste van EU qua klimaatverandering
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