Greenland Ice Melt

This one minute video shows how the melting of Greenland's ice cap has increased. If all of this ice melts, as widely prediceted, sea levels will rise 6-7meters and force hundereds of millions of people to move, hence mass migration and security situations made worse due to environmental refugees.








We may still have a chance to avoid this, but actions over the next 10-20 years and longer will be crucial. Commitment to warming will be made on this timescale but depending on ice dynamics the entire melting process could take hundereds, or evena thousand years, recent research suggests that things could be more rapid...whatever the case given the fact that many of the worlds major cities, several countries and a huge ammount of biodiversity is extremely sensitive to sea level we may be advise to reduce the accumulation of greenhouse gasses.

Remember greenhouse gasses typically stay in the atmosphere for a long time and stabilising concentrations at any level requires roughly a 90% cut in emission...the delay largely defines what level we stabilise at.

Futher Reading:
Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change
Arctic Climate Impact Assesment

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