What If All of Antarctica's Ice Suddenly Melted?

[@bradl7499]

I like how every other minute it's like "but wait, it can get even worse".

[@JIGSAW-te2kr]

And then he starts doing paid promotion

[@demyx9814]

Im so happy to see the person behind the voice. Confirming it wasn’t an AI voice explaining things

[@WhatIfScienceShow]

It's Peter, our real human

[@AmyEddsworld204]

​@@WhatIfScienceShow *16:52* This moment is from The Wave right?

[@Raechannel1234]

You can still tell when it's a human for now, but soon AI voices will be crazy accurate.

[@astro9219]

Could still be an AI

[@iammyownself8578]

​@@WhatIfScienceShow your voice is very soothing!

[@BigMobe]

So if sea levels rise 70 meters, then I should buy a property 75 meters higher than current sea levels to get a beachfront view for my great grand next of kin

[@goodkiel]

Smart man

[@bourbon2233]

Are you sure it will be 70metres only

[@BigMobe]

@@bourbon2233 Plus or minus 5.

[@danielnarbett]

Yeah better go 78 meters just in case

[@holybasil7495]

nah you're not immortal anyways

[@JasonFromVermont]

One of my newest and yet favorite channels. Thank you 🙏

[@MyCommentCT]

Wow, sometimes I look back remembering when I first found the channel, gave something to binge on.

[@whatif_question]

The knowledge they provide is really interesting.

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I’ve been following your channel from so many years and this is the first time, I’ve seen the face behind the voice of ‘WHAT IF’ . You’ve been awesome and I am so lucky to have subscribed your channel since years

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i eat these 'what ifs' UPP

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Baddie

[@ang-n1e]

Hey

[@whatif_question]

Interesting, right?

[@JHunter_]

@@Trp6gng Brother starvin'

[@iamspid3717]

And today we learn why you don't put a cute selfie up as your profile pic

[@SethBlackMedia]

The amount of research that goes in to producing these videos must be a lot of work. I’m curious to know how long it takes to make just one of these episodes? This is good stuff.

[@i7o784]

It actually starts at 1:50

[@mizzbee1477]

Thank you!

[@RujnfeadForeljan]

Thanks!

[@Khirysanthemum]

This... Is so terrifying, not that im still gonna be alive when this happened but just imagining it is so scary

[@angelaeaton8387]

This is that major question that everybody's been asking. I can't wait to hear what you have to say!!!

[@alanbiancardi2531]

YAWN

[@AARon-m6b]

6:36 when his painful advertising ends

[@lorddoma6637]

Hero

[@unstoppableplays7779]

Earth is so full of wonders damn

[@ellisonS-rt2pv]

Yeah earth is beautiful

[@lordoppai7817]

Yeaah and we’re stuck with taxes

[@elgoat3038]

Im one

[@Jaison96]

Wait?!? That’s your response?!?

[@MoreLifePlease]

I wonder if something like this happened on Mars a few million years ago?

[@yourfbiagent9011]

there's icebergs literally underneath their surface, probably something involving asteroids striking and covering the surface with all that iron and dirt

[@MooseBme]

Galatic nuclear war.

[@BIGELIMEKHI]

Imagine if they had a planet war😊

[@BIGELIMEKHI]

wait WHO WOULD WI-

[@livornofwilliams]

No one everyone died or they live underground 👀

[@PremonitionGamingVid]

There's so many different ways the world could end that doesn't even involve outer space.

[@switchbiz]

But Aliens sounds cooler. And little less sadder.

[@GuilhermeOliveira-qh8wf]

Outer space? Could be aliens, asteroids, gamma beams, black holes, our sun and finally the universe ending. Inside? Well there are science fictions like deseases, zombies, monsters and robots. There are ones with reality attached to it like chemicals, nuclear war, pandemic, war, tsunamis, vulcano and etc. The ending's map is so long and I believe that for ourselves we have a shot going interestellar, building a spaceship that it would hold a lot of people to colonize other planet that has similarities to earth like Kepler.

[@anuragtumane5227]

Antarctica is not melting at a large scale, and that is something pretty good.

[@Kualinar]

One thing that DO reduce the potential risks from those virus : Our cells may no longer have any receptor where those could attach themselves to our cells in order to infect them. It's also possible for our organism to be inhospitable to the bacteria that are that old.

[@justinjohnson7659]

It's also possible that our immune systems have never encountered said viruses making them novel viruses. In other words extremely deadly.

[@Kualinar]

@@justinjohnson7659 It doesn't mater if a virus is totally new/alien if that virus can't attach itself to a cell. A virus need to attach to a cell in order to infect it and cause any damage.

[@Xbooster35]

We really need to do something about the global warming on Earth. I also think that this video is also made to alert people of what is going on with the pollution and deforestation. This video maybe is a bit exaggerated (which doesn't mean it's a bad thing, the entertainment is great), but things are going on on Earth and we need to act fast to stop this! Great video and thank you for the alert message

[@faefae2260]

It's too late. Its already started. Plus we'll be long gone when this stuff happens. Just live your life

[@nabcunion]

Actually that's called, "lying".

[@afroabroad]

It’s an exaggeration because most scientists don’t believe that it’s possible for the Antarctic ice sheet to actually completely melt. So this will not happen at least not from human caused climate change,

[@s.k.8263]

You must have missed the part where it was stated that this is a slow, natural process. If you're desperate to find a meaning to your life, then by all means, keep being an eco-terorist living under the false hope that you can alter the course of the world.

[@SpilnerOutlaw]

"Houston, we have a problem." "What's the problem RT?" "We're gonna need a bigger boat"

[@divjotsupercell]

I've read books on Climate Change and everything this man said is true af.😢 Thanks for putting so much efforts in your videos since years❤

[@alanbiancardi2531]

Ok Well Al Gore needs more money for his jets

[@davidmaltais2912]

You read fiction

[@Mk5Rob]

LMAO 😂 this is nonsense. Cap AF

[@sdgsuperstar]

The sudden disappearance of ice would drastically alter ecosystems both in Antarctica and around the globe. Species adapted to cold climates, such as penguins, seals, and krill, would face existential threats as their habitats disappear. Meanwhile, the influx of freshwater from the melting ice would affect ocean salinity, which in turn would disrupt marine ecosystems, particularly plankton and fish populations that form the base of the food chain. This could have a cascading effect on global biodiversity, with widespread extinctions across both marine and terrestrial species.

[@alanbiancardi2531]

Cool. Be fun to watch

[@justinjohnson7659]

​@@alanbiancardi2531Until it's us humans facing extinction, chasing a bag of Doritos.

[@derekgrey3927]

Good thing that's not ever gonna happen. Antarctica will never melt and if it does it would be caused by a world ending event like a massive solar flare. The high temp their right now is well below freezing in the middle of the summer.

[@thatbeaatcch9884]

​@@justinjohnson7659lol think he meant us too. Some people think living mad max is edgy

[@vantablack3831]

Did you ever do one for Tres-2B? It's the darkest planet known, absorbing 99% of light, and it's also molten on the surface, which makes the planet black with an ominous red glow. Just imagine the possibilities!

[@BabahBoop]

It's 5:34 am and this gave me an existential crisis 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@alanbiancardi2531]

Wow. You must live a boring life

[@WhatIfScienceShow]

oops

[@nabcunion]

Don't worry. He's full of crap.

[@nomessinomercy8067]

Ice ice baby

[@fraliexb]

8:50 no no no ... The ice weights so much it makes the land sink, and once the ice melts then the Antarctica crust would rise relatively due to less mass on the tectonic plate.

[@ilokivi]

Isostatic adjustment.

[@countryfucius]

Would the added water do the same to the sea floor?

[@d.n.3652]

Perfectly balanced, as all things should be

[@monkeymustang]

@@d.n.3652I wouldn’t say perfectly balanced… once the land starts to rise, tectonic plates will shift dramatically….. Cascadia.

[@Jehan-David_de_Saint_Mars]

​@@countryfucius Not nearly as much, since the weight of the added water is spread out over an enormous surface encompassing all oceans, and the earth's crust that makes up the oceanic plates is much more dense and already 'condensed' under the existing weight in comparison with the continental plates that make up the 'dry land' parts of the globe. That's also why in tectonic subduction, oceanic plates always go underneath their continental counterparts and never the other way around.

[@tydye1963]

dude videos is scarier than any horror movie 😂

[@abiscohen2007]

Extremely interesting scientifically speaking with very thorough research...really great video, though thankfully impossible to happen at all! But thanks a lot for taking the time to put it together!

[@Ddaengielucky7]

Audio track option is amazing great work of information ❤

[@icelink871]

You realize that when I was little And and used to watch you, you gave me nightmares up until 10

[@sbazuaye]

This channel is awesome!!

[@KateSuhrgirlPlays]

When I was a kid I thought if the south pole was called Antarctica, I thought the north pole was called Artica lol.

[@riryyy-y8y]

yeah you dont look that bright

[@NOTBeastFN]

Same

[@mrhoward19801]

Same here lol

[@KeeKee_D]

Same. Idk why Arctic stuck but not the ocean part 😂.

[@Pharmac1st.3]

Ppl rlly are js stupid😭💀

[@maryam_nn]

What an interesting video!

[@MirtheMusafir]

You guys are genius.

[@SabineCedor]

Amazing work

[@alkhemmqalexis6245]

16:00 Lol is that grenada 🇬🇩 🤣

[@nykcollins9126]

Yes! I was shook😂

[@bonganichamveka-ts4xu]

im pretty sure this wont happen soon or maybe im wrong but if it is im morethan ready to go to heaaven

[@alanbiancardi2531]

No such place but enjoy

[@mohammedrauf5175]

I'm watching your videos since u started ❤ Always love to watch 😊

[@Dptl]

The youtube data center will be wiped out and we wont be able to watch these what if videos 😂😂

[@RishikaChaturvedi-wk1ml]

Lmaooo 🤣🤣

[@DingyDonger]

Under rated comment

[@alexandrianicole6513]

😂

[@Sabdudes37]

I watch these at 3am lol😂

[@LinoxAlt]

Not gonna lie this looks terrible af

[@analtubegut66]

Can you elaborate?

[@mdproductions1485]

We're moving closer sooner or later

[@DaLeglezzWondah]

@@mdproductions1485won’t see it in our lives tho.

[@IlakuSoKingg]

If you didnt know what if videos are terrifying or world end events lol

[@slsballer7]

Fr

[@EmuFarmlife]

10 degrees hotter and a see view. I can't wait❤

[@davidmaltais2912]

Exactly.... I live in northern Canada bring on the heat lol

[@kimkayser6561]

I wish you could've spoken a little more about continents in the Southern hemisphere like South America, Africa, Australia and New Zealand as Antarctica is in the Southern hemisphere 💁. But this was very interesting

[@lambertazur1667]

That was smooth af ad for Gelteq

[@anantmalik]

This is the scariest video of What If so far ... 😮

[@alanbiancardi2531]

Please. Nothing scary about it unless you fear your shadow

[@mixonian9375]

@@alanbiancardi2531 shut up will you?

[@amp86400]

Wouldn't the earth's rotation naturally pull the ocean's water towards the equator and away from the poles?

[@mh-hu-human]

Regarding the deseases its mere theater drama. Yes, modern human have not encountered those bacteria and viruses for millions of years - but our ancestors did - and the plans how to fight it is marked in their - and via evolution our - genes.

[@joeyholthusen6495]

Jesus Christ said a wise man built his house upon the rocks while the foolish man built his house upon the sands near the waters

[@oma_elite]

He said something like that.

[@bethw2424]

Yeah but I'm pretty sure he only said it applied to the Mormons

[@oma_elite]

@bethw2424 That is false. Mormons are decieved by Satan. That is who the angel was That visited Joseph Smith. It's a well known fact. Also I can show you verses from the epistles of Paul that show this. Mormons leads to hellfire and you should escape that false captivity you have been taken in. It's a snare, like a trap. The way you can realize this is by reading the bible and studying for yourself, instead of just going off of what other humans have told you. Even if it's your own mother and father.

[@MrJoeMarc]

If this happens, we all doomed

[@MoreLifePlease]

Look at the bright side: we're all doomed even if this doesn't happen. See? Things look better already, don't they? 🥴

[@skinnybone312]

Facts we all gonna die anyways so its whatever​@@MoreLifePlease

[@robertbennett2796]

Good

[@gauravillal5104]

Avengers: Doomsday plot leaked ?🤣🔥

[@MoreLifePlease]

@gauravillal5104 "The Human Torch goes rogue and starts deliberately melting the Antarctic ice cap. When the Avengers attempt to intervene, the three remaining members of the Fantastic Four, believing Johnny is their problem, not the Avengers', get between him and them. All hell breaks loose in the biggest superheroes fracas since Avengers: Civil War. The X-Men sit on the sidelines, placing bets and eating popcorn."

[@THE-UNKNOWN_7163]

not much would happen. fill a glass with ice then fill it with water until the surface of the water is just above the top and you'll see that the water wont change or spill when all the ice is fully melted

[@msauer3444]

Just shut tf up if you are not able to understand the simple things that are actually explained IN THIS VIDEO. Antarktika is land with 2km ice on top of it. Just put your ice cubes in a fully filled glas an see what is happening.

[@5Gburn]

Gelteq looks amazing. Dying by drowning or disease does not.

[@cynelim]

you forgot to mention the 100 year old airbender in the iceberg

[@pwnzer48]

Im a little skeptical about ancient viruses posing a big problem... For example, we already have a built-up immune system that basically has all the resistances to all the older viruses in the past. We get new virus-based sicknesses because new viruses change by mutating An ancient one would likely already be immune for us because it was frozen for such a long time it would essentially be undeveloped for so long it would probably be way too far behind to be threatening because its not new enough.

[@nickmozzetti327]

all of this is false lol

[@BIGELIMEKHI]

16:51 I saw this movie. I had a dream about a tsunami and then now I see it on KZbin.

[@ijkk6889]

Whould Australia be okay

[@TheeRyanBrice]

Antartica was once a life blooming continent during the Ice ages, so we're just in a state of repeat. Ice melts, causing iceage around earth, antartica starts blooming with life again, earths ice melts northbound of earth and Antartica gets it's ice sheets again. We're all living a never-ending story.

[@annaluxury.23]

At still humans extinct after iceage

[@davidmaltais2912]

​@@annaluxury.23no they don't lol

[@stevenundisclosed6091]

Sounds good. Let's make it happen.

[@damnson4013]

This man speaks in circles. No flow.

[@tfhazard.]

bro seems like a chill guy

[@Mephistopheles13]

Gotta admit, your way of segwaying into an advertisement is smooth and well delivered. Very seemless.

[@RdeneckTech]

Do these estimates take into account the reduction in volume, since ice takes up more volume than liquid water, and reduction in displacement, considering the ice cap would be overall lighter and no longer displace as much water? What is the formula to calculate that?

[@theoneaboveall6768]

not really but with the race of Quantum computer coming to the forefront in 2025 moving beyond the 2024 AI frenzy. those computer will make all those calculation and more. im not saying find solution but rather giving models more precise of what could would happen way faster then the computer we have. thus maybe could give us more time to prepare

[@RdeneckTech]

@theoneaboveall6768 what about the tidal pull on water due to the moon? How does that all get calculated? I'd be very interested to figure out the math if I had the equation .

[@theoneaboveall6768]

@@RdeneckTech that also. there is so many variable you are right. this is just scratching the surfaces. Quantum computing is exactly why quantum will change how we move forward in life. calculation that common computer even super computer cant do.

[@nicolecromer8762]

I don't understand how the government can tell us not to visit a certain part of earth when they don't own earth. They really have to much control and need to be dismantled cause I wanna see what's there

[@Lovell93]

You can go there. I’ve been to Antarctica. Just costs a lot of money.

[@IAMEVIL315]

😂 stop reading conspiracy blogs

[@thecrackin-u8p]

It's not a fun time 😂

[@justinmagagani8835]

😂😂😂😂😂 What government are you yapping about. US is not the only gvt in the world, and they don't deny you visiting the big ice wall😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@abrar.patill]

Nice. You have added our local languages

[@valkyriearih4268]

The thumbnail reminded me of the 'Schwarzwelt' in the game Shin Megami Tensei - Strange Journey

[@migit6foot4]

Ive always thought about this. And 1 day it may really happen

[@nykcollins9126]

Whats crazy is, most of these kinds of videos usually show the 1st world/larger countries. So i was tryna imagine as a Grenadian, what I would do. Only for him to show part of Grenada saying we'll under water 😭😭😭

[@kimwilliams4426]

Understand, from the start the question is "What if it SUDDENLY melts, in MINUTES?" Not over the course of several thousand years.

[@AltyBagU]

Sea level rising has been disproven. I can't take this video seriously anymore.

[@justinmagagani8835]

Ice floating like in the Arctic, if it melts, no sea level rise. On the other hand, if ice on land, like in Antactica, if it melts, then the sea level will rise....How disproved common sense?

[@MilesLambos-ef1nt]

Let me guess ,we gonna die

[@michaeltran2743]

Nah, but Chase will

[@MilesLambos-ef1nt]

@michaeltran2743 😂😂yeah bro

[@mrcinder]

One more thing, why are rich people still buying homes on the coasts if this is going to happen? Banks are still lending people money to buy coastal properties as well.

[@thecrackin-u8p]

The rich buy property to use as banks

[@justinmagagani8835]

It won't happen in our life time, thats why Obama can buy property on the beach in peace....But it will happen one day

[@nabcunion]

Interesting, isn't it? Also Interesting that the proposed solution is always global tyranny and communism.

[@paid-hostelry99]

What if all of the ice went to mars?

[@flippopotamuss]

As a Minneapolis property owner, I’d never want to see this

[@alanbiancardi2531]

Ok. Thanks

[@ionelmantea7793]

I know ppl like to simplify words especially,but is actually supposed to be pronounced "an-tarctica" and not "ant-artica". Same way it supposed to be "anti-biotics" and not "any-biotics".... I would've expected this as a standard from what if.... Love the channel tho ❤

[@1lowtrade]

Hol up, before i start watching: IMA GO GET A BEER 🍺

[@ahonui]

The problem with this video is if Antarctica were to melt, so would Ice caps in the north pole would. And suddenmelting of ice being dumped in the ocean could potentially bring about a Younger Dryas in matter of few decades.

[@Ricaninthephilippines]

We already know what happens, I watch Waterworld.

[@vikingkombat9389]

Well, this all sounds great. We had a good run. It's time we hand it over to a new species.

[@rebirthofra]

Related to this video, I have an idea for your upcoming video: What if we pull the Antarctica to the Pacific Ocean? I have been wondering about this for quite some time. ChatGPT has answered this question, but I'm still not satisfied. I know you have made some videos about a habitable Antarctica, but I think this is quite different.

[@nevermindme7288]

YES LETS WORRY FOR SOMETHING THAT'LL HAPPEN 100 YEARS

[@renebracamonte7782]

I don't understand why he's using the metric system. This is made in the US and we don't use it. This wouldn't have an effect on us here in AZ. We are used to the heat and get our water from the Colorado River as well.

[@Lovell93]

I mean I use the metric system and I’m American. Just depends on what I’m doing which system of measurement I use.

[@ALuimes]

It's Canadian actually.

[@davidmaltais2912]

Because metric is superior and the entire planet uses it... Americans are just dumb

[@nabcunion]

He switched to metric because centimeters are small and add up to scarier sounding big numbers.

[@1sydeee]

When im in water u can lift heavy ppl up with ease so and iceberg will be a bit of a challenge but it shouldn't be too hard

[@shanegarcia5963]

Daily dose of dread ☕️

[@fraliexb]

Well releasing potential diseases could not affect humans since the dormant organisms or viruses might not know what to do with our biology.

[@dat6oycel118]

Huh..... I don't get it cuz they are going to adapt and replicate. Meanwhile destroying whatever it finds as a host.

[@alanbiancardi2531]

You mean like the plandemic

[@davidmaltais2912]

​@@dat6oycel118that's not how disease work....there's a reason some disease can only affect certain animals and not humans....the disease in that ice are from a time when humans weren't around. They can't infect us....

[@Raiim]

At least land will be cheaper in Antarctica's after the snow melts..

[@alanbiancardi2531]

New beach front property

[@Raiim]

@@alanbiancardi2531 clean beaches and wildlife

[@happpydeepak5386]

Suddenly usa got freedom fighters for digging oil

[@seanlarson9997]

If all the ice melted, flat earthers wouldnt have an ice wall to talk about anymore

[@b-timeproductions176]

Before flooding dried up river beds has to be filled first like the sailtflats

[@zeekthe4-5]

"Melting a glacier That size would cause sea levels to rise & demolish coastal cities." -- Special Agent William Fowler, Transformers Prime

[@gregdowd939]

ARE YOU KIDDING ME !! the one time chase could survive the trip and you leave him out??

[@achihlawnmual5043]

im just wondering what if we stop all the river and block any water that can enter the sea….. will the sea dry up…after a decades??????

[@SethMeynardG.Quinto]

why don't we just pump up the water coming from Antarctica back to its center in the winter season?

[@anthonybalista7421]

I’m gonna give you a second to think about the scale of silliness involved in the thing you just said.

[@SethMeynardG.Quinto]

@anthonybalista7421 little by little, do you think it doesn't have an impact? what are you thinking? just 1 sweep? hahahaha

[@yessicatararamavathu6674]

Welcome to Aunt Artica!

[@in-nomine-Iesu]

This guy is just full of good news! 🤣

[@MrTwisted003]

When science meets science fiction...

[@BrotherAzrael]

Noa: "Where did the great flood go?" God: *Lo and behold, for this is Antarctica.*

[@mightybattlemaiden]

if the antarctic ice suddenly melts then shinji better get in the damn robot

[@projektxent]

First time seeing the narrator

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

New Orleans are also rushed with water. What else is new? That's already a thing. I live near Minneapolis.

[@VIAAN-o4h]

true

[@BillaFrank_ATOM_Creations]

I can still see the possibilities of survival 18:13

[@QuietRiot3991]

Let's go ahead and melt the Arctic while we're at it.

[@yazinmusa5450]

nice Geltech commercial

[@Dylan-d1b1k]

What if idea: what if Uranus and Neptune collided