Fascinating stuff. Imagine the polar ice caps melting as a result and then possibly evaporating?
In fact, they are.
A recent study by researchers at NASA and the University of California has found that a section of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is melting at an alarming rate and could raise global sea levels by up to four feet. Meanwhile, the Arctic is also showing the strain of global warming, with an ice-free Arctic summer predicted by 2016, according to research by the U.S. Navy. This research comes as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that April 2014 ranked as the hottest April on record, tying with April 2010. It also follows the recent release of the National Climate Assessment that says that signs of climate change are all around us.
This would also release tons of methane trapped in permafrost, which is a far more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.