By NEYDJA PETITHOMME<\/p>\n
According to CNN, Antarctica has been experiencing unusual weather, which causes scientists questioning the icy continent and it existence in the near future.<\/p>\n
On the west side of the icy continent called West Antarctic Ice sheet, scientists have found a 300,000-square mile portion of its perimeter melting.<\/p>\n
\u201cA melt of this magnitude is relatively rare in Antarctica,\u201d said Julien Nicolas, one of the paper\u2019s authors at the Ohio State University Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center. \u201cThere have been about three or four events of this size in the last 40 years.\u201d<\/p>\n
This is problematic,\u00a0if the melted slush and water refreezes it can leak into cracks and damage the inner structure of the ice.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen it comes to the disintegration of the ice shelves, they are like corks in a bottle,\u201d said Dr. David Bromwich, another author of the paper and a professor at the Ohio State. \u201cThey are holding back the contents of the bottle, in this case the ice sheet, and you take the cork away and everything flows out to the ocean.\u201d<\/p>\n
Action must to be taken, if we plan to see dramatically results in the near future, from recycling the basis of bottles, to being cautious while paying close attention to our environment.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t know the time scale of this,\u201d he said. \u201cThere was one modeling study that showed quite dramatic changes on the scale of a few hundred years, and another scenario would be quite a slow change. But a foot of sea rise, or two feet, in the order of 100 years would be alarming.\u201d<\/p>\n
We live in a selfish generation, where adults, including millennials, have taken earth for granted. Eventually, if we the people, allow ourselves to continue to treat the earth as trash, it will bite us back.<\/p>\n
Karma \u2026<\/p>\n
Once the ice is in the ocean, Bromwich says, it could cause sea levels to rise dramatically and rapidly.<\/p>\n
\u201cRapidly,\u201d of course, means something completely different on a geological time scale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By NEYDJA PETITHOMME According to CNN, Antarctica has been experiencing unusual weather, which causes scientists questioning the icy continent and it existence in the near future. On the west side of the icy continent called West Antarctic Ice sheet, scientists … Continue reading