what are the chances of the world flooding from melting Glaciers?

Answer 1

the whole world Zero, some low altitude areas now becoming under water maybe 70% within the next 10 yrs

Answer 2

Depends on what you mean by "the world." In the time in which the Bible was written, the World (Kosmos) meant "everything within about an 8-mile circle of where you live." That was about as far as most people ever travelled, and they thought that was the world.

Nowadays, if you are a gang member on the Lower East Side (New York City), then Lower Manhattan is the World in the same sense. In that case, the chances of The World being flooded are about 99-1/2 percent.

Same goes for the Netherlands, Cannes, Anzio, Shanghai, Tokyo, San Diego, and a thousand other cities. There is enough water tied up in ice on the planet to raise sea level about 120 feet. That would innundate about 75 percent of the wealth of the Human Race if it happened suddenly.

Fortunately we'll have time to move a lot of stuff. The big probem is really that if we lose all the ice, it will change the planetary balance of warm and cold land surface in ways that will affect the weather in ways you won't like.

Answer 3

If all of the glaciers fall into the ocean, the sea level will raise 20 feet. You do the math: it's not enough to cover the entire world.

Answer 4

If all the glaciers melted most of the world would be underwater. Then everyone would have an ocean view!

Answer 5

Considering some areas like New Orleans which is already under sea level and parts of Europe, very good. But to the extent as in the movie Waterworld, no.

Answer 6

there is a zero chance of the world totally flooding but the gulf coast of the US and parts of Africa will