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Originally Posted by marki
Ah yes but this thread is not about methane, its about flooding due to the ice caps melting.
Mark
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If the Methane is released from the permafrost, the greenhouse effect will be hundreds of times worse. Greenland will go like a rocket and Antarctica will follow. I believe both landmasses have been forced downward by the weight of ice they carry, so if they then rise, I dont even want to know what the combined impact would be in terms of flooding. The Antarctic ice mass, from memory, is about 900 million cubic kilometres. Toss that in the the Southern ocean and I suspect the question on most of our minds will be, "how long can I tread water"...
