What happens when ice in the West Antarctica melts?

According to a recent NASA climate study, West Antarctic ice sheets are melting uncontrollably, glaciers are melting and flowing into the sea. This melting will take place in about 200 years and will greatly affect the global climate.

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Here are some typical impacts that are compiled by Business Insider:

1. The melting of the Thwaites could cause sea level rise to 0.61m. This glacier will completely melt in about 200 years.

2. Rising sea levels will devastate coastal cities. In a major storm, the sea level could rise by 0.45m in combination with high tide causing damages of about 3.5 trillion USD for Miami, the US and 4.8 million people here will be life threatening. .

In 2070, the sea level will rise by 0.5m and 4.8 million people in Miami, the US will be life-threatening, estimated losses of about 3.5 trillion USD.

3. "The global sea level will rise to the same level as the rise in storm Sandy," said Richard Alley of Pennsylvania State University.

4. The melting river Thwaites will destabilize and destroy many things in Western Antarctica.

5. The amount of ice spread into the ocean of this region in West Antarctica and Greenland is equal. Contributing significantly to the phenomenon of rising global sea level.

Although the Amundsen Sea is only a small part of Western Antarctica, it has enough ice to make the global sea level rise by 1.2m.

6. This phenomenon will only increase, not decrease. All melted ice in the Amundsen Sea of ​​the West Antarctic will cause global sea levels to rise by about 1.2m.

7. If all the ice in the West Antarctic melted, the sea level would rise by about 3.96 meters. It may take centuries for this to happen.

8. If sea level rises by 3.65m, 73% of Miami, 22% of New York City, and 20% of Los Angeles will be flooded.

9. These figures have not taken into account sea level rise due to out-of-ice sources such as ocean thermal expansion, when seawater heats up it will increase volume. From 1993 to 2010, each year sea level rose 1.1mm due to thermal expansion, 0.27mm due to melting of Antarctic ice.

The last thing, Vietnam we spread along the coast, so the level of influence when the sea level rises will cause immeasurable damage.