Beyond, a few ambitious swimmers set a course
due west toward Calabria, their shining bottoms rolling from side to side in the gentle waves.
Sea level will increase slowly at first,... but as Greenland and
West Antarctic ice is softened and lubricated by melt - water and as buttressing ice shelves disappear
due to a warming ocean, the balance will tip
toward ice loss, thus... causing rapid ice sheet disintegration.