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'Entire world is vulnerable' if Greenland's ice sheets melt (www.irishexaminer.com)
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Greenland’s famed ice sheet may be more sensitive to human-caused climate change than previously thought, with irreversible melting likely over the coming centuries, an in-depth study has found. The entire world would be left vulnerable with the rise in sea levels brought on by the ice melting, researchers warned.

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[–] Bipta@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Coming centuries = decades at best probably.

[–] garretble@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

With the rate we are going, it’s not an “if,” it’s a “when.”