Fossilized coral reefs formed the last time the Earth was warmer than today show sea levels could rise rapidly by the end of the century if global warming triggers a collapse of ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica.
A “catastrophic” rise in the ocean of 4 meters to 6 meters (13 feet to 19.6 feet) is possible, said Paul Blanchon, a scientist at the National University of Marine Sciences in Cancun, Mexico, whose team studied the fossilized reefs.
The death and re-emergence on higher elevation of reefs 121,000 years ago could only result from a rapid increase in ocean levels caused by the breakdown of ice sheets, he said.
Ice caps like those that cover the Antarctic and Greenland are thought to be melting at a rate that could raise sea levels by about 12 meters over the next millennium, Blanchon said.
His report, to be published in the April 16 issue of Nature, says global warming caused by burning fossil fuels could shorten that time frame to several hundred years.
“What we’re saying is ice sheets may not just melt due to global warming,” Blanchon said. “That’s the real problem that we face, can these ice sheets basically slide into the ocean?”
Bloomberg Posted on Thursday, April 16 @ 06:05:56 PDT by Leanan --
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