Like most everything else glacial province H2O ice obeys the constabulary of gravity. Therefore H2O ice sheets time period downhill. They usually create this rattling slowly. Unfortunately nosotros don't alive inwards normal times.
Global warming has caused the the oceans to likewise larn warmer. The warmer sea waters undercut Antarctica's glaciers, causing them to time period quicker together with quicker. Over 60% of the world's freshwater is locked inwards Antarctica's ice. If it melts nosotros volition encounter a global ascent inwards sea degree together with coastal cities but about the the world volition abide by themselves underwater.
The New York Times has created a serial of maps to help explicate how global warming could Pb to the melting of Antarctica's H2O ice sheets together with drive rising sea levels but about the world. In Antarctic Dispatches glacier H2O ice time period is beautifully illustrated inwards a serial of animated maps. The danger of global rising seas is explained inwards maps showing areas of Antarctica that bring lost 10 feet or to a greater extent than of H2O ice since 2010.
Part three of Antarctic Dispatches uses a scrolling map to help illustrate the amount of H2O locked upward inwards Antarctica's H2O ice sheets. The scale of the Ross Ice Shelf is illustrated past times overlaying the road of the New York marathon on summit of satellite imagery of the H2O ice shelf. The Ross Ice Shelf is huge!
