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Authored by: Wol on Monday, July 30 2012 @ 04:09 PM EDT |
From what I can make out of the science, there isn't actually that much to fear
from Greenland. I don't think the ice sheets are that thick to do much damage,
although ice flow is increasing.
Maybe you're right about the mountains. From what I know, it's something to do
with one of the ice shelves, probably Ross or Weddel. It can't flow easily
because it's firmly grounded on the bottom of a sea basin. But if the sea rises
and lifts it? And there's a big plain to the back of it, which geographers
believe may well have been ice free at various times in recent interglacials. It
struck me when it was brought to my attention that that was an area maybe a
quarter of Antartica. So yes, most of the ice may be trapped behind mountains.
But if I've remembered this "sea and basin" correctly, that's still an
awful lot of ice ...
Frankly, I hope you're right. I don't want to wake up one morning and find Old
Father Thames lapping at my doorstep.
Cheers,
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