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3-10 feet rising isn't irrelevant just because you won't see it happening. Also, the article is about the doubling of the retreating rate vs the previous decad
by pier25 4y ago
3-10 feet rising isn't irrelevant just because you won't see it happening.
Also, the article is about the doubling of the retreating rate vs the previous decade as published on this paper:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-022-01019-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-022-01019-9
> Thwaites grounding zone retreated at a rate of >2.1 km per year—twice the rate observed by satellite at the fastest retreating part of the grounding zone between 2011 and 2019
- koheripbal 4y agoAgain, 3-10 feet rising is NOT expected - that just represents the TOTAL ice melt of the entire glacier, including it's base. That is not a realistic outcome.