global warming?

Question

if antarctics ice had to melt would we all die?

Answer 1

No, we'd just need to live on higher land.

It melted before when there were no humans, and the animals survived, so I can't see how we wouldn't.

But the whole Antarctic isn't going to melt, so I wouldn't worry about it.

Oh, the sea-level rise from it all melting would be approximately 60m, having seen other answers giving other figures:
http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg1/412.htm#tab113

And read this too, quite useful knowledge:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Antarctica#Climate_change

Answer 2

No but a few million of us would get their feet wet.

If Antartica melted then so, presumably, would the ice in the Arctic and Greenland. Latest estimates from the UN put a sea level rise from Global Warming at between 17 and 34 inches by the year 2100. That's a bit more than the "cut the map out and paste it" guy. Thankfully most estimates are based on a more scientific method of calculation.

see >>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/12/10/nclimate10.xml

Answer 3

No way!
First of all according to the latest reports from MIT, experts confirm there is no "global warming". Al Gore and his Demo- dunbo friends concocted this global warming crap for another way to suck more tax dollars from us. And it's sad to say that some people (Hollywood) are buying into it.
Gore is passing along to us that the Oceans will rise 20-feet. Gore's IQ should be that high. MIT says no more than 2-inches.
The last "global" warming on record (that took a drastic change) was back in the 1400's, and the temp changed only 2-degrees (if you want to call that - drastic).
Mit can be reached on line like everything else. Check it out for yourself.

Answer 4

Wow, Yahoo answers is just full of winners, the bit about MIT is pure crap, and the map cutting thing with Antarctica, what the hell is that?
OK to answer your question, if we warm the planet up enough to melt the entire icecap population around the world, it would therefore raise sea levels 35 meters, not enough to kill everyone but it would drive everyone to higher ground; Considering 90% of the earths population is in this zone.

Answer 5

No. But we'd have to move a lot of people, abandon coastal areas, and rework our agriculture. It would cost huge sums of money and lower our standard of living.

In poor countries already struggling to feed themselves some people (not all) would die of starvation.

There's no need to exaggerate the results of global warming, reality is bad enough.

Answer 6

NO Take and copy the size of anartica on it & cut it out and on a globe see how many anartica will fit on the picific ocean. The mountain in anartica is 10,000 ft tall . So the average for the hole comtinent could be about 5,000 ft. If it all melts the water level will not rise .5 in. Check it out yourself .

Answer 7

the heat of the sun with the disapearance of the atmosphere that protects us would kill us. before the rising water ,does unless you gould not walk and lived by the shore

and the shortage of water and the resulting wars

Answer 8

well the anartica ice has already melted but if all of it melts yeah, you can say its over for us.

Answer 9

I learnt and played kayak, sailing, and boat buildings after Midwest flood.

Answer 10

Have you ever heard of evaporation? No? Go read a book.