Climate Change Is Ruining The Planet, Greenland's Glaciers Have Melted Past The Point Of Return

For centenaries, humans have been testing earth's limits. In order to benefit our lifestyle, we have altered all the natural process so much that the planet is beginning to give up!

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In what looks like something which is hard to revert, Greenland's climate change has led to a drastic and irreversible effect. The coastal glaciers and ice caps have officially melted past the point of return.

The ice that had been melting has now gone past the proverbial point and we can pretty much do nothing about it. Albeit, it is theoretically possible for the ice to reach its previous standards, but some serious extrapolating is suggesting otherwise. According to the scientist, the current conditions and predicted future situations, it's very unlikely for it to ever happen.

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The tipping was identified in 1997 and no one bothered about it until now. If it was all to melt, sea levels would rise by more than seven metres (about 24 feet), which would flood low-lying cities across much of the world.

But thankfully, Greenland's ice bodies and coastal glaciers are relatively small water bodies as compared to its ice sheets ( second largest in the world).

The study further explains that this coastal ice will increase the sea levels by 3.8cm by 2100. The study further indicates that since the tipping was reached in the 1990s, way before the warming really took off, it's safe to say that these glaciers are extremely sensitive and vulnerable.

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The paper said that before 1997 the growth of ice in the coastal areas had been only ¡°marginally negative¡±. But after 1997, the significant growth in the loss of ice has been alarming.

This melting is no surprise to the scientists; it is the direct result of climate change, already a pressing issue for the world. It is now up to us to save our planet and make it a safer place to live.