AboutGeorge Ardies Expertise Sedimentology and Petroleum Geology - I am also very well versed in general sciences. I am not an expert in igneous and metamorphic geology. I have completed B.Sc. in Environmental Geology at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec and a M.Sc. degree in Sedimentology at Queen`s University in Kingston, Ontario. I have about 12 years of experience in oil and gas exploration and development.
Experience Military service (Montreal, Quebec, Canada).
Bachelor of Science degree(Montreal, Quebec, Canada).
Master of Science degree (Kingston, Ontario, Canada).
Oil and gas experience for about 10 years (Calgary, Alberta, Canada).
Professional Geologist Certification.
Expert: George Ardies Date: 5/28/2008 Subject: Global Warming
Question Sir,
The temperature is increasing every year, What is the average temperature that can melt all the glaciers and By which year it may occur? I heared that it may be the year 2030 is it true? Please help me with some stastics.
Suppose all the glaciers melt then the sealevel will rise upto how much of height from the normal ground level??
Answer Dear Hafeez,
You are right that the glaciers are slowly melting, as we are coming out of a 1000s of years long cool stage of weather. However, the thousands of glaciers on the planet will not melt by 2030. It is ridiculous that someone would actually say that!! Millions of years ago, the north pole was a tropical sea...today it is an ice cap. Changes like this take a very long time to happen. For example, about 10,000 years ago, glaciers covered all of Canada and the northern part of the US. The current warming trend is a long term effect that has been going on for over 8,000 years and will continue for a very long time (hundreds of years).
As to your second question, if all of the land ice melted (glaciers and ice caps) the sea level would rise by a few meters. I am not sure of the exact number, but it is probably between 1 and 5 meters.
