Impending Collapse: West Antarctic Ice Sheet's Unavoidable Fate

A new study warns that the collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet is now "unavoidable" due to climate change. Even if greenhouse gas emissions are capped and global temperature rise is limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius, melting will still increase three times faster over the rest of the century than it did in the 20th century. The study suggests that we have lost control of the melting process and that action on climate change should have been taken decades ago. The West Antarctic ice sheet holds enough water to trigger up to 16.4 feet of sea level rise. While it may be too late to prevent the collapse, efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are crucial in slowing down the rate of sea level rise.