Bridger@sh.itjust.works to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 7 months agotemperature timelineimgs.xkcd.comimagemessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1517arrow-down114file-textcross-posted to: 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneclimate@slrpnk.netearthscience
arrow-up1503arrow-down1imagetemperature timelineimgs.xkcd.comBridger@sh.itjust.works to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 7 months agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneclimate@slrpnk.netearthscience
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netMlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 months agoYou’re right about sea level rise over the last century, but the big sea level rise at the end of the last ice age was in fact mainly a result of ice melting — big parts of North America and Europe had ice thousands of feet thick on them. Melting all the ice in the world today would add almost 200 feet to sea levels.
You’re right about sea level rise over the last century, but the big sea level rise at the end of the last ice age was in fact mainly a result of ice melting — big parts of North America and Europe had ice thousands of feet thick on them.
Melting all the ice in the world today would add almost 200 feet to sea levels.