west antarctica is also home to the weights glacier, which might one day trigger a kind of tipping point. then once it's forced to, let's say we only allow the west antarctic ice to melt completely, even then sea levels would rise worldwide by 3 and a half to 5 meters just from, for me to. that's a little more than the height of this room. and that will, of course have a significant impact on coastal areas worldwide, which device a verified as the researchers hope their findings will be another wake up call to reduce c o. 2 emissions climate change has occurred regularly throughout or its history. but this time, it's due to us doesn't, doesn't billings for the, we have to realize that this is not about saving the earth or protecting the environment or whatever, but it's clearly about protecting ourselves. so we can continue to live reasonably well on this planet. research into our, its largest polar desert. this telling us not only more about our planets distant past, but also about its potential future. what to past and future looked like up the atomic level. an individual hydrogen atom

the researchers determine that the structure of the ground and the west of antarctica differ significantly from that in the east today. many of the ice caps in western sheets. why and former ocean water that'll have consequences by the and this because ice, like we know today took much longer to build up in west antarctic. uh, it'll take a lot less effort to make it disappear again. one of these is i see the assessment and so that's what we all have for it in this context means that even in minor changes in temperature and c o $24.00 will be enough to cause the ice to retreat extremely rapidly expansion. and let's look at the size of typical earth warming could thus lead to a kind of tom and no effect if the ice over the sea in west antarctic amounts. so will its ice show, and soon even the permanent ice behind it. but without serious consequences for the species here at sea ice retreats, seals and penguins will lose their habitats west. and our decay is also home to the weights glacier, which might one day trigger a kind of tipping point. and once it's forced air, let's say we only allow