Pop-My-Cork-Best-Of.mp3
Pop-My-Cork-Best-Of.mp4
Pop-My-Cork.mp3
Pop-My-Cork.mp4
Pop-My-Cork-intro.mp3
[Intro]
Drip, drip, drop
(Now it won’t stop)
[Verse 1]
She might dawdle along
(You never know)
Exactly how long
(Before the flow)
[Bridge]
Drip, drip, drop
(Now it won’t stop)
Drip, drip, plop
[Chorus]
Come on! (Pop my cork)
Watch ‘er spill over
Come on! (Pop my cork)
(Surprise rise discover)
[Verse 2]
One never knows
(Gettin’ in the flow)
Might start off slow
(There she blows)
[Bridge]
Drip, drip, drop
(Now it won’t stop)
Drip, drip, plop
[Chorus]
Come on! (Pop my cork)
Watch ‘er spill over
Come on! (Pop my cork)
(Surprise rise discover)
[Bridge]
Drip, drip, drop
(Now it won’t stop)
Drip, drip, drop
(Need a mop)
Oh, no
(Overflow)
[Outro]
Come on! (Pop my cork)
Watch ‘er spill over
Come on! (Pop my cork)
(Surprise rise discover)
A SCIENCE NOTE: Sudden Sea Level Rise Pulses (“Cork Release” Events)
Many people don’t realize that Greenland and Antarctica contain giant “corks” holding back enormous quantities of fresh water in the form of ice and meltwater lakes. These corks, created by the underlying topography and ice dams, are precarious. For example, Greenland is shaped like a bowl, with meltwater pooling inside it. Once these corks break, we could see sudden pulses of sea level rise–potentially 1-3 feet per year for several consecutive years.
At that point, we truly do not know what will happen to the AMOC and other climate systems, as nothing like this has occurred within human history. What is clear is that as these cascading, nonlinear feedback loops accelerate, the climate system will become increasingly unstable, with each tipping point amplifying the next. We could likely see this within the next 50 years.
Sidd estimates:
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Greenland: Effectively lost, will melt in place over 100-300 years, raising sea levels by ~20 feet.
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West Antarctica: Also lost, could collapse rapidly–within decades to a century–adding ~10 feet.
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Combined, this suggests ~20-30 feet of sea level rise over the next century, translating to an average of ~2 inches per year (10x the current rate).
However, Sidd highlights the pulse nature of collapse:
“We could dawdle along at half an inch a year, then see a few years at a foot per year.”