How Earth Would Look If All The Ice Melted | Science Insider

We learned last year that many of the effects of climate change are irreversible. Sea levels have been rising at a greater rate year after year, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates they could rise by another meter or more by the end of this century.

As National Geographic showed us in 2013, sea levels would rise by 216 feet if all the land ice on the planet were to melt. This would dramatically reshape the continents and drown many of the world's major cities.

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How Earth Would Look If All The Ice Melted | Science Insider

[drdapprace]

Lesson learned : dont put your capitol city next to the sea

[AllHailThe]

Flat earthers be like "don't worry, the water will fall of the edges"

[espman]

“Hey, at least australia has a big lake!”

[TroubledTrooper]

Denmark: Scandinavia I dont feel so good
Norway: huh?

[pengu]

If all the ice melted Greenland will actually be Green.

[TheKillerNinja]

So we watched this in my science class and my teacher said "if China got flooded where do all the people go" and this kid in the back says "underwater"

[dmcgill]

How’d you forget Canada?!? They have a lot of water and waterways…. And all the towns are new and near a waterway

[Shmiah]

This is great but we need more. Maybe a website where you could zoom in to your area to see the possible destruction as well as 'now' and 'possibly later' or 'soon if we don't change' images

[banu]

not even water wants to come to romania

[Rickey]

The world: *sinks*
Netherlands: First time?

[rgx]

The thing missing is that, it will be a lot hotter and humid

[ChristopherSibert]

WATERWORLD! You could go scuba diving and visit the underwater city of Miami!

[ploptart]

Me: "I see Colorado is safe"
YouTube: "also recommended: what happens when Yellowstone erupts"

[arcavenger]

As a man from Adelaide, Australia im just happy to be included in something worldwide.

[doyouknoworjustbelieve]

For all the ice at the poles to melt, there must be a few degrees rise in global temperatures. That leads to ice melting but also increased surface water evaporation (from oceans and lakes) around the globe. This means an increase in humidity and rain fall.
This means that more deserts will turn into forests rich in vegetation and trees that consume lots of water and more ground water around the globe.

Not all of the polar ice will end up in the ocean……

[shanewatson]

I would love to see this done again but slowed down and zoomed in closer.
Im from Adelaide also but in the foot hills.
Im wonder if I will have an ocean view in the future 🤔

[blazemachine]

No one:

Florida: But if you close your eyes...

[ThatOneScups]

Antarctica: "Nope-" **gets melted**

[richtarechjakub]

As a man from Czechia, I'm happy we'll have the Northern and Baltic sea closer.

[JakeKoenig]

So all of Florida, the entire east coast, and the Mississippi River Basin would disappear.
Ok, but there has to be a downside somewhere in all this..