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> Short term (low single-digit decades): rapid sealevel rise. When (not "if") the Thwaites Glacier goes and the West Antartic Ice Sheet floats (not melts, just
by toasty228 6mo ago
> Short term (low single-digit decades): rapid sealevel rise. When (not "if") the Thwaites Glacier goes and the West Antartic Ice Sheet floats (not melts, just gets seawater underneath it) then we're looking at circa 5 metres, stabilising globally in about 12 days.
where do you get that from? The wiki page of the glacier states 42mm rise in sea level in the next 100 years, worst case scenario. The wiki page of the ice sheet states 3 to 5 meter over the next 500-13 000 years.