Ice melt on the agenda, scientists define it as ''unstoppable''

By Staff Reporter | May 13, 2014 07:19 PM EDT

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According to a new research, west Antarctica's ice mass will gotally melt in the forthcoming centuries and will dramatically increase sea levels more than it was actually predicted, thus causing a tremendous change in the global climate setting. One of the latest studies has incidicated that ocean waters have warmed significantly and have also caused a chain reaction at the Amundsen Sea-zone glaciers, causing them to melt much faster than initially thought, said NASA glaciologist Eric Rignot. Rignot has stated that the glacial invasions appears to be ''unstoppable'' and is predicted to increase sea levels by around 4 feet.

However, the melting could have an impact on the overall climate this century, according to Sridhar Anandakrishnan, an environmental professor at Pennsylvania State University.

Based on a United Nation's recent climate report,certain sea levels may go up from 1 to 3 feet by the ear of 2100. This will result in the need for many people to move away from their coastal living areas. 

Anandakrishnan stated the U.N. evaluation largely didn't  consider the melting of the iced zone around the west part of Antarctica, because there is no availability of studies conducted and completed in that area.

"So as this paper and others come out, the (U.N.) numbers for 2100 will almost certainly" lean closer to 3 feet,'' the researcher has stated. The rate of the melting processes has augmented up to 77% since 1973, and one of the main reasons for that, according to researchers, is that the ice sheet in that area has been  attached to a broad bed which is not at the sea level - it is much lower. This means that ocean current bring warmer water to the base of the glaciers.

The rate at which the area's ice is melting has increased 77% since 1973, and there are several main reasons, which researchers will continue to explore and evaluate in detail.

They will also work on solutions even though they might not be the most effective ones, given the current climate setting.

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