The Increase Of Frozen Water In Antarctica

In Antarctica there are massive amounts of frozen water that are locked up in ice. Some of Antarctica's ice sheets are more than 2 miles thick, and if the ice starts to melt then sea levels will rise dramatically. Sadly the ice has started melting already. There are radars that are measuring the amount of water that there is now, but scientists are trying to figure out how much water will be if all the ice will melt. Antarctica contains more than 90% of the worlds ice, together with Greenland, it's enough to raise global sea level up to 230 feet.

About 70,000 years ago there was an ice age. At that time ice sheets expanded throughout the world, the planets landmass grew, and Sea levels fell. Later on temperatures rose again, the ice receded, see levels climbed, and eventually settled in today's coastlines. Global temperatures are on the rise again, but this time from humans who are burning huge amounts of fossil fuels. The fossil fuel releases lots of co2 and creates a lot of heat, which
This means that Miami and New Orleans are in huge trouble! The San Francisco Bay is also going to start being in trouble, because after the sea level will over flood New Orleans and Miami, it will shift onto the San Francisco bay. So in order for San Francisco Bay to be protected, levees will have to be built on a massive scale. A lot of fields that produce most of the foods that humans use and eat will be destroyed, because of the sea level rising. The most important thing is food, but the fields will be useless. In California there is a Delta, which is California's main water supply that 26 million people get their water from. If the sea level rises even 1 foot, then salted water will go inside, and it will ruin the Delta. In the next century, if the sea level rises 16 feet, then the Delta will be completely salted water, and people will not be able to drink from that water at