Will i now 14 years old in future experience the flooding of the world due to melting of north pole?

Question

Will i now 14 years old in future experience the flooding of the world due to melting of north pole?

Answer 1

I dont know what ur beliefs r OK but 2 me God said he would never floud the whole world again... im taking that seriously because its my chance for it not to happen to me.

Answer 2

no..not at all. There is so much research going on in this global warming, that a lot of the facts are over exagerated.

What we are experiencing now is what has happened in the past; the carbon fixaton is progressing due to time. When we pollute the air and earth, we are contributing, but only a little bit, and not enough to drastically change how the earth is warming. It will not happen for another few thousand years..

so don't get caught up in all of the talk about that. Live your life to the fullest!

Answer 3

no, you'll be fine. don't believe the hype.

Answer 4

In truth there is not enough ice and snow on the face of the earth to raise sea levels more than a few inches. Even beachfront homes in Florida would not notice the added water to the oceans because it would be less than the normal variation between high and low tides. The islands that are complaining about rising sea levels are actually having a different problem, the land beneath their feet is subsiding because of the string of massive earthquakes in south east Asia over the last few years.

Answer 5

I doubt it--------- maybe a rise of 1-2 feet--- however just remember the ocean has risen 400 FEET since the last ice age.

Answer 6

i can't tell the future but its possible so help prevent global warming this blog has some steps you can do

http://www.smallstepsatatime.blogspot.co...

oh the melting is caused by global warming

Answer 7

no becasue its never gonna happen

Answer 8

are u talking about global warming well for your information its not melting its growing plants and trees stuff like that so dont be scared if u r and if u dont believe me google it im telling da truth

Answer 9

"Oh no I'm melting. I'm melting."

Answer 10

Not exactly.

First of all--go look at your geography. The north pole is in the middle of the Arctic Ocean--and the sea ice there already is melting (and may melt completely this year). The "flooding" you mention would happen only if the great ice packs of Greenland and Antarctica melted. Even with if global warming continues unchecked--that would take centuries. But the world won't flood in any case. Even if ALL the ice melted, sea levels could rise no more than about 3000 eet. Most land is above that elevation.

What could happen?  Well, a rise of a few feet in sea levels due to partial melting of those icecaps would flood low lying areas--though that would be a major problem. Such areas are very densely populated.   The main concern is the effects on weather. Global warming  is changing our climate and is already causing some problems. If it isn't dealt with it will eventually become so bad that its going to disrupt or destroy the ecologies of many regions--and seerly cut into our ability to grow food and other agricultural products.

That's why its important to start switching to alternative fuels and stop using coal and oil. We can't get rid of global warming quickly--even if we could stop using fossil fuels completely today (which we can't). But we can eliminate the cause (all those carbon dioxide emissions).  We can halt deforestation (cutting trees faster than new ones grow to replace them).  Those changes will limit the extent--and the damage--of global warming. And if we do that much, the carbon dioxide excess in the atmosphere will eventually go away--though not in our lifetimes, at least not completely.

One more thing. There is a belief--more  of a myth, really--that switching to alternative energy will be extremely costly and hurt the economy, costing jobs and so on. This myth is so widespread that even many well-educated people believe it.  It simply is not the case. True, to switch from coal and oil to solar, wind, and other alternative enrgy and to change from gas-powered cars to electric or hydrogen cars and so on, will require huge investments. But that kind of spending--investing in new products and more advanced technology--creates jobs and helps the economy grow. Ultimately, switching to alternative energy will lower energy costs and create MORE, not less prosperity for everyone--not just in the US, bout all over the world.

Hope that helps. :)

Answer 11

No, the Arctic ice cap is floating, so that won't change ocean levels.

However, its melting will increase heat in that area, so the Greenland Ice Sheet, which is above sea level, could melt, adding about 20 feet to oceans worldwide.  It'll happen gradually so people will mainly get killed in storms, but gradually flooding major cities worldwide could eventually cause some serious issues for world economies and currencies.

As melting accelerates in Antarctica, that could raise sea levels 80 meters or more.  That's generally expected to take longer, so it's probably a lot less likely to occur in any meaningful way in your lifetime (it could start, but the effects would be more of an issue for your descendents)..

Answer 12

The north pole melting won't much since it is ice floating in water (and so there will be no change in volume should it melt).

The south pole OTOH would raise sea levels if it melted and would do so by many tens of metres, melting glaciers and permafrost would also contribute a bit more.

There isn't enough water to flood the entire Earth but there's enough to put our coasts underwater, we humans will be able to move to higher ground just fine though so it won't be the end of the world, but it'll be pretty expensive (a lot of former anti-nuclear campaigners are going to be wishing they'd done something else with their lives when they realise that they were part of the problem).

We're not really sure just how much will actually melt so we can't give a definitive answer as to how much the sea level will rise and there are also a couple of other things that could increase it:

Melting of the Northern polar ice cap won't change the sea level directly but the blue water reflects a lot less light than the white ice which could have an effect on temperature possibly causing other ice to melt or thermal expansion of the water in the ocean.

Also there's quite a bit of greenhouse gasses trapped in permafrost that would be released if the permafrost were to melt which may accelerate global warming.

The increased temperatures will lead to increased rain (and more severe weather) but the increase in atmospheric water vapour that will result won't have much of an effect upon the sea level.

Answer 13

As the ice at both poles melts, sea levels are rising. They will continue to rise as quickly as the earth gets warmer. I have read that, if the process continues, sea levels will be a foot higher in fifty years.  Many USA coastal cities, including New York, now are at or (like New Orleans) below sea level.  We saw in New Orleans what happened when the levees gave way. They were made to accommodate a once-in-a-century storm. There have been several of those since 2000. Katrina was beyond the imagination of planners a few decades ago.

I hope I'm not a prophet of doom and gloom.  You can see whether my predictions are accurate by following the severity of storms and the rate of global melting.  

I'm amazed at the level of denial I see on this site. I am sad to be predicting, as well, that the political consequences will be beyond most peoples' imaginations. Who would have predicted Twin Towers?

You can diss me as hard as you want.  That's not going to change the way the world is working.  I don't like it any more than you do.  I hope my predictions will turn out wrong, but I've given one of the best-case scenarios.