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Re:Antarctica loses three trillion tonnes of ice in 25 years by mkempe on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @06:13PM (#17307449)
50cm by 2100. That's just under 20 inches for Imperialists.

This assumes a linear rise of 6mm/year.

So in the next 10 years sea level would rise by 6 cm (just over two inches; I understand there are twelve of those in a foot, so we're not talking "feet" until 102 years from now).

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Re:Antarctica loses three trillion tonnes of ice in 25 years by Retra on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @07:00PM (#17307750)
That's also average sea level. If hurricanes get more powerful or more frequent, then you're going to want to account for the storm surge as well.
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Re:Antarctica loses three trillion tonnes of ice in 25 years by mkempe on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @07:27PM (#17307922)
The historical record shows that hurricanes have gotten neither more frequent nor more powerful. [1]

[1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-hurricane-lull-couldnt-last...

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Re:Antarctica loses three trillion tonnes of ice in 25 years by Retra on Friday June 15, 2018 @07:35PM (#17324683)
Perhaps the word "if" doesn't mean what I used it to mean? In that case, you should correct my misconceptions on that subject instead.
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Re:Antarctica loses three trillion tonnes of ice in 25 years by mkempe on Friday June 15, 2018 @09:33PM (#17325249)
The X in your "if X then ..." is demonstrated false. That's your misconception.
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Re:Antarctica loses three trillion tonnes of ice in 25 years by coldtea on Thursday June 14, 2018 @06:31AM (#17310634)
The historical record talks about what (a) happened in the past, (b) is on record. Neither applies to a rapidly changing climate landscape.
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Re:Antarctica loses three trillion tonnes of ice in 25 years by yostrovs on Thursday June 14, 2018 @09:19AM (#17311440)
Science doesn't apply to a rapidly changing, politically charged topic.
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Re:Antarctica loses three trillion tonnes of ice in 25 years by NeutronStar on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @07:48PM (#17308040)
It's probably not gonna stay that way tho.

"More thoughtful and effective disaster policies are needed because the future will bring many more weather disasters like Hurricane Harvey, with larger impacts than those of the recent past." (From your own link)

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