Reply To: Climate Crisis: Our Last Chance
Yet another study that reveals that scientists don’t quite comprehend the consequences of ice-melt which is more severe than previously thought.
“The only thing we can do is adapt and mitigate further global warming – it’s too late for there to be no effect,” Michael Bevis, lead author of the paper and a professor of geodynamics at Ohio State University said. “This is going to cause additional sea level rise. We are watching the ice sheet hit a tipping point.
“We’re going to see faster and faster sea level rise for the foreseeable future. Once you hit that tipping point, the only question is: How severe does it get?”
Richard Alley, a geologist and glacier expert at Pennsylvania State University added that while there are uncertainties over future sea level rise “if the big ice sheets change more rapidly than expected, they could drive faster or much faster rise than expected”.