What happens if all ice will be melted down from the world?

  By Manish Joshi, 9th May 2020

    Just imagine, what will happen if all the ice will be melted down because of human activities. On earth, more than 5 million cubic miles of ice present. If all ice has melted down, then it can raise sea level by 216 feet from the current level. From satellite images taken from depth sensors and identify the area which is less than 216 feet above the sea level and if sea level increased in simulation, we can find out which cities will submerge in the sea and how the world will look.

1. Indian subcontinent

    As shown in the above images, the most affected part of India will be Gujarat and Bangal [Including Bangladesh]. Kutch present in the Gujarat state remains in the water for some period of time even today. When sea level will increase it will submerge in the ocean forever. Not only kutch, Big cities like Ahmedabad, Surat, Baroda, and some north district like Patan, Mahesana, Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, and some part of Rajsthan[Including Mount Abu] also will submerge in the ocean.

   Mumbai also will be affected and most of the part of Mumbai also will be submerged in the ocean. Bengal region [Include West Bengal state of India and Bangladesh country] will also submerge, as it's most of the land area present on the Ganga Delta which is created by rivers like Ganga, Brahmaputra and their tributaries.

      

South Indian cities like Mangalore, Kochi, Thiruvantpuram, Chennai, and Vishakhapatnam also will be submerged. Famous tourist and religious places like Rameshwaram and Kanyakumari will also not remain on earth's face.

 Not only the Indian subcontinent, but the whole world will be impacted by rising sea levels. If we apply similar simulation in other parts of the world, they will look as shown in the below images.

2. North America

3. South America

4. Africa

5. Europe

6. Australia

Is it scary? Yes, but time is not near. As per the research done by scientists, if the average temperature of earth increased to 26 degrees Celsius from current 15-degree Celsius than it will take around 5000 years to melt all ice on earth.

Source of photograph is National Geography