Scientists predict a 10-meter increase in global sea level by 2300
The level of the world ocean will increase by 10 meters by 2300. This was reported on February 4 by the British newspaper The Guardian with reference to the study.
According to information obtained by researchers from the British Durham University, the Greenland ice sheet is cracking "faster than ever before" as a result of climate change.
In order to estimate the evolution of cracks between 2016 and 2021, 8,000 three-dimensional maps of the surface made by commercial satellites were used for analysis. The cracks were found to have increased significantly in size and depth over the interval.
Associate Professor of Geography at the institution, the lead author of the study Tom Chudley specified that previously such a scale was observed for decades, and not in the interval of five years. The island's ice sheet has accelerated significantly since 1990, he said, and it's related to ocean warming.
"These are things related to glacier movement and acceleration... dynamic instability could lead to a one-meter sea level rise by 2100 and 10 meters by 2300," Chudley shared.
In addition, the researcher pointed out the need to better predict water level rise to be able to plan and adapt to the phenomenon over the next 300 years.
About the acceleration of the formation of cracks in the ice sheet of Greenland scientists of Durham University reported the day before. The press service of the institution noted that in some areas at the edge of the ice sheet recorded an increase in cracks of 25%, with an error of 10%.
CNN reported on January 24 that the world's largest iceberg, dubbed A23a, was moving north from Antarctica toward South Georgia Island, part of the British Overseas Territories, and threatened to collide with it. Experts have not ruled out that the ice block could collide with part of the British landmass and break into pieces. According to the British Antarctic Survey's forecast, the iceberg is likely to split and eventually melt when it reaches the remote South Georgia Island.
In October 2024, the Russian Geographical Society reported that the 53-hectare Mesyatseva Island disappeared from an archipelago in the Arctic as a result of global warming. The disappearance of the ice formation, which had recently been a cape, was noticed by comparing old and new images of the Franz Josef Land archipelago taken by meteorological satellites.
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