What will the further melting of glaciers in Greenland lead to?

Unfortunately, since the signing of Kyotothe climate situation on our planet remains difficult. Moreover, over the past half-century it has significantly worsened, since the melting rate of the ice of Greenland and Antarctica has significantly accelerated.

Especially disturbing scientists is the melting of glaciersGreenland, equal to which on our planet has not yet been recorded. Experts report that over the past 30 years of observation, the rate of ice melting has grown so much that in a few years Greenland can rightly be called a "green island", since there may not be ice left on it.

The fact that even inthe highest points of this amazing island, where the ice did not melt for millennia, also melting glaciers was recorded. It is reported that if earlier the percentage of melting was not more than 40%, now it has increased to 97%. The most terrible thing is that scientists simply can not explain the nature of this phenomenon.

Somewhat calms the fact that the ice is partlyare restored, but this does not happen at the speed that was before. Practically every day from the ice shell of Greenland, more and more pieces of ice are broken off, the sizes of which in most cases are truly enormous. The area of ​​one of these icebergs, which is now in a drift near the coast of Canada, exceeds 200 square kilometers. km!

What all this threatens our planet? The most terrible thing is that the melting of the glaciers of 2012 can cause a catastrophic rise in the level of the World Ocean. Scientists predict that after the full melting of the Greenland ice it can grow at once by 6 meters. At the same time, one must understand that raising the level only by a meter is fraught with incredible disasters. If the melting of glaciers continues at the same pace, then humanity will have a hard time.

Especially pessimistic scientistspredict the possibility of a sharp shift of tectonic plates due to their rapid release from under the incredible mass that has been pressing on them for many millennia. If these predictions come true, the melting of glaciers can trigger the emergence of the second "ring of fire" of volcanoes on the planet. Only this time the centers of eruptions will be not in the relatively safe for us Pacific Ocean, but directly off the coast of Europe.

Is it possible to prevent such appallingeffects? Unfortunately, only in part. We can not completely stop the process of disappearing ice on the planet completely. In any case, with the current level of technology development. In addition, we can not say for certain why such a rate of disappearance of ice is caused: by human activity or by other causes unknown to us.

We can only watch carefully the meltingglaciers and take timely measures to evacuate people from the most dangerous coastal settlements and cities. An important role will also be played by the constant work of seismologists who can confirm or disprove the theories on the displacement of tectonic plates.