'It looks like we've lost control of melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet,' said one author. 'The bright side is that by recognizing this situation in advance, the world will have more time to adapt to the sea-level rise that's coming.'
Even if humanity dramatically reduces planet-heating pollution from fossil fuels, the West Antarctic Ice Sheet faces an 'unavoidable' increase in melting for the rest of this century, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change. The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is the continent's largest contributor to rising seas and contains enough ice to increase the global mean sea level by over 17 feet, the study explains.
' As Reuters reported Monday: The collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is one of nine global climate 'tipping points' scientists identified in 2009. The passing of these environmental red lines would be catastrophic for life on Earth. An international team of scientists said in 2022 we may already have passed the point of no return for the West Antarctic Ice Sheet at just 1.1°C of warming above preindustrial levels.
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