The large crack in the Antarctic ice shelf has grown 6 miles

Re:The large crack in the Antarctic ice shelf has grown 6 miles by Retric on Friday January 20, 2017 @10:16AM (#13444352)

Sea levels are expected to rise around 2 feet by 2050 which is not going to have the impact you are suggesting. The largest impact is going to make storm surges which can reach up to 40 feet significantly worse. But, generally causing storms which would have already been bad will be worse will not hit everywhere at the same time.

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Re:The large crack in the Antarctic ice shelf has grown 6 miles by merpnderp on Friday January 20, 2017 @11:14AM (#13444792)

Since 1870 sea level has risen <8 inches. To more than triple this amount of sea level rise in less than a quarter as many years would require a truly horrific change in climate.

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Re:The large crack in the Antarctic ice shelf has grown 6 miles by Florin_Andrei on Friday January 20, 2017 @02:33PM (#13446374)

Only if you assume nothing else has changed meanwhile (e.g. CO2 levels).

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Re:The large crack in the Antarctic ice shelf has grown 6 miles by cygx on Friday January 20, 2017 @11:41AM (#13444985)

Only if you assume a linear response.

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Re:The large crack in the Antarctic ice shelf has grown 6 miles by KirinDave on Friday January 20, 2017 @11:51AM (#13445055)

It seems equally absurd to assume a profoundly sublinear response. Especially since the damage caused by flooding would cripple coastal communities.

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Re:The large crack in the Antarctic ice shelf has grown 6 miles by JoeAltmaier on Friday January 20, 2017 @12:15PM (#13445215)

Widespread reef death, loss of the fisheries that depend on them, mass starvation?

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Re:The large crack in the Antarctic ice shelf has grown 6 miles by robotjosh on Friday January 20, 2017 @03:27PM (#13446724)

All the scientific news about global warming seems to be "omg its happening faster than we said"

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