ApocaDocs: East Antarctica more at risk than thought to long-term thaw -study

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Posted Mon May 5 2014: from Reuters:


	East Antarctica more at risk than thought to long-term thaw -study http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1399328375 ...The Wilkes Basin in East Antarctica, stretching more than 1,000 km (600 miles) inland, has enough ice to raise sea levels by 3 to 4 metres (10-13 feet) if it were to melt as an effect of global warming, the report said. The Wilkes is vulnerable because it is held in place by a small rim of ice, resting on bedrock below sea level by the coast of the frozen continent. That "ice plug" might melt away in coming centuries if ocean waters warm up....The study indicated that it could take 200 years or more to melt the ice plug if ocean temperatures rise. Once removed, it could take between 5,000 and 10,000 years for ice in the Wilkes Basin to empty as gravity pulled the ice seawards.

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'Doc Jim says:

What hath man melted.