National Geographic has published an interactive map showing how the world looks like if all
the ice on land has melted and drained into the sea, which would raise the sea-level by 216 feet
and creating new shorelines for our continents and inland seas. There
are more than 5 million cubic miles of ice on Earth, and some
scientists say it would take more than 5,000 years to melt it all. If we
continue adding carbon to the atmosphere, we’ll very likely create an
ice-free planet, with an average temperature of perhaps 80 degrees
Fahrenheit instead of the current 58.
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