Antarctic ice sheets melted 50 times faster than the present speed during end of ice age

Antarctic ice is capable of melting at a much quicker rate than what was previously thought possible. According to reports, a team of researchers have discovered that during end of last ice ice sheets in Antarctic were melting at a speed of 50 meters a day, which is roughly 50 times faster than speed at which sheets are melting today.

Could drastically raise sea levels

As per reports, scientists from Scott Polar Research Institute at University of Cambridge have been studying wave-like rock formation on Antarctic seafloor and have come to conclusion that approximately 12,000 years ago ice retreated at speed of possible 10 kilometres a year. This rate is several times faster than rates we are seeing in ice sheets today.

According to reports, researchers part of study believe that if climate change continues at rate is presently at and thing is done to reverse effect n we also might begin to see such speeds in ice sheets and this could drastically affect sea levels.

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Melting rates have increased

A team of researchers from Ice Sheet Mass Balance Intercomparison Exercise (IMBIE) has reportedly revealed that ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are losing ice six times faster than y were back in 1990s. As per reports, se findings are based on observations from 11 different satellites missions monitoring Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets.

According to report, if ice in Greenland and Antarctic continues to melt at same rate n ‘worst case’ scenario presented by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) may come to fruition. y have predicted that sea levels will rise by 6.7 inches (17 centimetres) by 2100. study was published in Journal Nature. Ice Sheet Mass Balance Intercomparison Exercise team looked at 26 surveys in order to determine ice melting pattern of Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets between 1992 and 2018.

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