The Rise in Sea Levels Won't Be Your Only Concern

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What would happen if all the ice on Earth suddenly melted? Want to restore the planet’s ecosystems and see your impact in monthly videos? The first 100 people to join Planet Wild with my code ASTRUM11 will get the first month for free at: https://planetwild.com/r/astrumearth/join/11 If you want to get to know them better first, check out their project using chainsaw detectors to protect old-growth forests: https://planetwild.com/r/astrumearth/m31/11 ▀▀▀▀▀▀ In this video, we’re exploring the hypothetical scenario: what would happen if all of Earth’s ice melted? We look at a world with no polar ice caps, disrupted ocean currents, and continents dramatically redesigned by encroaching coastlines. Is this a total disaster? Could it really happen? And who survives? ▀▀▀▀▀▀ 0:00 Earth Without Ice 3:52 Sea Level Rise 6:11 Earth’s Rotation 11:09 What Lies Beneath the Ice? 14:57 Fight for the Arctic 19:20 Could It Really Happen? ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Subscribe to the channel! https://youtube.com/@AstrumEarth Support our Patreon and you’ll get early access to Astrum Earth content, before anyone else: https://bit.ly/4aiJZNF ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Check out the other Astrum channels for videos about space and astronomy: Astrum: https://www.youtube.com/@astrumspace Astrum Extra: https://www.youtube.com/@astrumextra Astrum Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6jPRrbq3o3dpvBb173ZTKi?si=a90d3efe3b704c83 Astrum Infographic Artwork: https://electrify.art/collections/astrum Astrum Displate Posters: https://astrumspace.info/Displates Astrum Merch: https://astrum-shop.fourthwall.com/ Join us on the Astrum discord: https://discord.gg/TKw8Hpvtv8 ▀▀▀▀▀▀ References: “Glacial–Interglacial Cycles”, via noaa.gov https://astrumspace.info/glacialcycles “All About Ice Sheets”, via nsidc.org https://astrumspace.info/icesheetfacts “What Is the Global Volume of Land Ice and How Is It Changing?”, via antarcticglaciers.org https://astrumspace.info/landicevolume “Why Ice Sheets Matter”, via nsidc.org https://astrumspace.info/icesheets “Ancient Sea Level as a Key to the Future”, via tos.org https://astrumspace.info/ancientsealevel “Earth’s Timekeeping Problem Worsens as Ice Melts”, via nature.com https://astrumspace.info/timekeepingice “Ice Melt Is Shifting Earth’s Polar Motion”, via nature.com https://astrumspace.info/polarmotion “Glacial Isostatic Adjustment”, via noaa.gov https://astrumspace.info/gia “The Melting Arctic: Geopolitical Tensions and Legal Gaps”, via earth.org https://astrumspace.info/arcticgeopolitics “IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere”, via ipcc.ch https://astrumspace.info/ipcc_report ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Credits: Narrator: James Stewart Writers: Emma Elkington, James Stewart Video Editor: Celal Kaçar Animator: Peter Sheppard Researcher: Shourya Shrivastava Thumbnail Designer: Peter Sheppard Publishing Lead: Georgina Brenner Production Manager: Raquel Taylor Edit Producer: Poppy Pinnock Producers: Alex McColgan, James Stewart Head of Astrum: Jess Jordan Creator of Astrum: Alex McColgan ▀▀▀▀▀▀ #AstrumEarth #Astrum #IceCaps