--- title: "Bill Nye Warns About Impending Collapse of “Doomsday Glacier”" description: "His honorable Science Guyness has yet again issued a warning to the world: that all of South Florida is going to sink into the sea." date: "2021-12-20" modified: "2021-12-20" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/bill-nye-warns-doomsday-glacier" categories: - "Science & Energy" tags: - "bill nye" - "climate change" - "doomsday glacier" --- # Bill Nye Warns About Impending Collapse of “Doomsday Glacier” ![His honorable Science Guyness has yet again issued a warning to the world: that all of South Florida is going to sink into the sea.]() *\Image: Getty Images\* Famed science educator Bill Nye has yet again issued a warning to the world: if we keep burning coal at higher and higher rates every year, all of South Florida is going to sink into the sea. In an [interview with *CNN*]() discussing the [melting of the "doomsday glacier]()," — a gigantic Antarctic glacier that may melt within 5 years — Nye noted that "it's estimated the ocean will rise about half a meter," which could result in South Florida becoming fully "underwater." "This gets back to the old problem that we've been talking about for 30 years where scientific concerns have not been heeded by governments, by people around the world," Nye told *CNN*. Nye charged the fossil fuel industry with running a "very successful" propaganda effort that equates "scientific uncertainty" about the speed and severity with which our climate will degrade with outright doubt and denial of climate change to begin with. "This is leading to catastrophes big enough," he said, that "I think people are noticing them." "I don't think it's that hard to visualize right now," the science guy said, citing "the very large tornado that swept through Kentucky" that set records, traveled on the ground for more than two hours and over 200 miles, and "tore up everything in December" as proof positive. "People are seeing it in their own front and backyards, so maybe now this could be a good thing that comes out of these disasters if we will take it seriously," he said. Nye countered that optimism by noting that "the plan is to burn more coal next year than we did this year" and noting that the recent COP26 environmental conference in Glasgow contained very "watered-down" language — a pun the educator acknowledged — that doesn't go nearly far enough to bring about meaningful solutions to our swiftly-accelerating climate nightmare. "But now, with this 'doomsday glacier' and these tornadoes," Nye, ever the optimist, said, "maybe we'll get on it." Don't count on it, Bill: [governments have expressed radio silence]() in light of the news about this **a**pocalypse-heralding glacier's continuous melting, and it's hard to see them addressing it anytime soon amid a [new and terrifying strain of COVID-19](). **READ MORE:** [*“Doomsday Glacier” Melting Even Faster Due to Earth's Core*]() **More Science Guy**: [*Bill Nye: Green Energy Will Make You “Filthy $@!% Rich”*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()