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2014 Aug 7, 3:44am   1,138 views  6 comments

by Bellingham Bill   ➕follow (2)   💰tip   ignore  

So, seeing this last night:

after reading this:

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/if-we-release-a-small-fraction-of-arctic-carbon-were-fucked-climatologist

got me to do this math from

http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geophysics/question473.htm

"If all of the Antarctic ice melted, sea levels around the world would rise about 61 meters (200 feet)."

+

"There is a significant amount of ice covering Greenland, which would add another 7 meters (20 feet) to the oceans if it melted."

= 220'

Know what is also 220' above sea level?

I thought this was interesting, sigh.

#environment

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1   The Original Bankster   2014 Aug 7, 3:47am  

were ok over here in Phx.

2   Tenpoundbass   2014 Aug 7, 4:06am  

Wake me when it rises 3 feet. Besides I thought all of the ice was already gone?

If there's a significant portion of the polar ice caps that have melted already in the last 20 to 30 years, then here in South Florida, I would expect to the shoreline at my front door. I'm only about 3/4 of a mile away from the ocean.
The Broadwalk on Hollywood beach is in the exact same spot in relation to the shoreline it was when I came here 25 years ago.

3   John Bailo   2014 Aug 7, 4:21am  

SF can get floating bridges like Seattle at that point.

4   anonymous   2014 Aug 7, 4:24am  

That picture is sweet

5   Tenpoundbass   2014 Aug 7, 4:33am  

I prefer this one

6   Heraclitusstudent   2014 Aug 7, 4:46am  

The bridge won't be long enough to reach the city.

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