Experts say burning fossil fuels will cause the oceans to boil away.
“the scientist proposes that the complete evaporation of the oceans could result in a whopping 273 bars of surface pressure and temperatures above 2732°F.”
“only a minimal rise in global temperature, could trigger this unreversible and uncontrolled process”
Earth could become “hell”: Scientists predict consequences of uncontrolled greenhouse effect
The greatest expansion of ocean life occurred 540 million years ago, with CO2 levels fifteen times higher than now and temperatures 10C warmer.
When life exploded
Global temperature and atmospheric CO2 over geological time (600 mya)…. | Download Scientific Diagram
Experts also say burning fossil fuels will cause the oceans to get much deeper.
“Prof. Hansen and his colleagues argue that rapidly melting ice caps in Antarctica and Greenland could cause oceans to swell several metres by 2100 – or maybe even as much as 25 metres, which is how much higher the oceans sat about three million years ago.”
Will oceans surge 59 centimetres this century – or 25 metres? – The Globe and Mail
Shortly before he purchased $30 million of mansions on the beach, Barack Obama warned that burning fossil fuels was going to cause coastlines to vanish.
“Peace with justice means refusing to condemn our children to a harsher, less hospitable planet. The effort to slow climate change requires bold action. And on this, Germany and Europe have led.
In the United States, we have recently doubled our renewable energy from clean sources like wind and solar power. We’re doubling fuel efficiency on our cars. Our dangerous carbon emissions have come down. But we know we have to do more — and we will do more. (Applause.)
With a global middle class consuming more energy every day, this must now be an effort of all nations, not just some. For the grim alternative affects all nations — more severe storms, more famine and floods, new waves of refugees, coastlines that vanish, oceans that rise.”
Remarks by President Obama at the Brandenburg Gate — Berlin, Germany | whitehouse.gov
“A new report, released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on the last day of Barack Obama’s presidency, presents a series of updated estimates for future sea-level rise, both in the United States and worldwide. It suggests that, under extreme future climate change, global sea levels could rise by more than eight feet by the end of the century”
One of the last Obama-era climate reports had a troubling update about the rising seas – The Washington Post
Obama issued this report in between buying his Hawaiian beach mansion and his Massachusetts beach mansion.
