Flood: will all the land be covered by water if the polar ice caps melt?

By Jonathan Hare2009-09-01T12:15:00

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On screen chemistry with Jonathan Hare

The future. The polar ice caps have melted covering the Earth with water. Those who have survived have adapted to a new world.

It’s the start of the film Waterworld where we see the ice caps melt and the continents disappear under water. Could climate change lead to complete melting of the polar ice caps like we see in the film, how long will it take and what effect will it really have?

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