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What would happen if all the ice on Earth suddenly melted?
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In this video, we’re exploring the hypothetical scenario: what would happen if all of Earth’s ice melted? We look at a world with no polar ice caps, disrupted ocean currents, and continents dramatically redesigned by encroaching coastlines. Is this a total disaster? Could it really happen? And who survives?



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0:00 Earth Without Ice
3:52 Sea Level Rise
6:11 Earth’s Rotation
11:09 What Lies Beneath the Ice?
14:57 Fight for the Arctic
19:20 Could It Really Happen?



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References:
“Glacial–Interglacial Cycles”, via noaa.gov https://astrumspace.info/glacialcycles
“All About Ice Sheets”, via nsidc.org https://astrumspace.info/icesheetfacts
“What Is the Global Volume of Land Ice and How Is It Changing?”, via antarcticglaciers.org https://astrumspace.info/landicevolume
“Why Ice Sheets Matter”, via nsidc.org https://astrumspace.info/icesheets
“Ancient Sea Level as a Key to the Future”, via tos.org https://astrumspace.info/ancientsealevel
“Earth’s Timekeeping Problem Worsens as Ice Melts”, via nature.com https://astrumspace.info/timekeepingice
“Ice Melt Is Shifting Earth’s Polar Motion”, via nature.com https://astrumspace.info/polarmotion
“Glacial Isostatic Adjustment”, via noaa.gov https://astrumspace.info/gia
“The Melting Arctic: Geopolitical Tensions and Legal Gaps”, via earth.org https://astrumspace.info/arcticgeopolitics
“IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere”, via ipcc.ch https://astrumspace.info/ipcc_report



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Credits:
Narrator: James Stewart
Writers: Emma Elkington, James Stewart
Video Editor: Celal Kaçar
Animator: Peter Sheppard
Researcher: Shourya Shrivastava
Thumbnail Designer: Peter Sheppard
Publishing Lead: Georgina Brenner
Production Manager: Raquel Taylor
Edit Producer: Poppy Pinnock
Producers: Alex McColgan, James Stewart
Head of Astrum: Jess Jordan
Creator of Astrum: Alex McColgan



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