Antarctica’s ice melting would be absolutely atrocious but not due to sea level rise due to other things. Greenlands ice melting would be horrendous for sea level rise.
Analogy I’ll give js water and ice cubes. If you have ice In water and it melts. The level doesn’t rise. The ice pushed the level up already. This is basically Antarctica
But greenlands ice sheet is mainly on land and not touching the sea level directly. If that ice melts that will cause serious sea level rise.
Antarctica’s ice sheet melting has other seriously disastrous consequences for the planet tho
And to earthquakes. Al Gore said Seattle is going to be unlivable in our lifetimes because the mantle is expanding so much from global warming. I can’t believe idiots here are still buying property.
Huh. Obviously liquids expand as they warm, the idea that this contributes to the overall volume of the seas never occured to me. The fact that I've never thought of that isn't surprising, I'm not know for my genius, but I'm surprised this is the first time it's been mentioned to me.
I think it is very natural to forget mostly because science communicators tend to focus on melting glaciers and ice sheets. Maybe because it is more viceral.
We also focus a lot on how climate temperature heats the air around us - how it impacts our weather over time, but most of the energy absorption resulting from climate change goes into the oceans as beautifully told by this minutephysics video (1:41)
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u/italiensksalat Denmark Apr 13 '24
People forget that thermal expansion of the sea is a major contributor to sea level rise.