ClaimsNouriel Roubini

“There’s a point of no return. When the ice sheet in Greenland or Antarctica cracks, sea levels will increase by 10 feet – not in 40 years, but in 4 months.”

Nouriel Roubini, interviewee 28 October 2022 Nouriel Roubini on the Ten Megathreats Facing the World (Thought Economics) archived copy

Prediction Other global risks

If the Greenland or Antarctic ice sheet cracks, sea levels will rise 10 feet within about 4 months.

Unresolvable The public record could not settle it.

Prediction: Statements about events outside the person's control, checked once they fell due: did they come true?

Reasoning

The claim is a hypothetical conditional about an ice sheet cracking, so it cannot be tested as stated.

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Nouriel Roubini, “If the Greenland or Antarctic ice sheet cracks, sea levels will rise 10 feet within about 4 months.” (said 28 October 2022). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_cb66c2399dac, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_cb66c2399dac

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