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Sat 14 Aug, 2010 09:30 am
Some scientists believe that the ice on Greenland might suddenly slip into the ocean due to global warming. I'm told that it is beyond dispute that if that happened that the world wide ocean levels would rise about 22 feet.
How much of the United States would be under water?
@gollum,
Wikipedia wrote:According to the 2004 Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, climate models project that local warming in Greenland will exceed 3° Celsius during this century. Also, ice sheet models project that such a warming would initiate the long-term melting of the ice sheet, leading to a complete melting of the Greenland ice sheet over several millennia, resulting in a global sea level rise of about seven metres.
Over several millennia, not like butter off a hot skillet. While I don't have the answer to your question, I wouldn't focus that much on the US. There are a lot of other places that will be hit a lot harder. I'd start with Micronesia and other island type nations.
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