The Daily Beast reports:
Antarctica’s “doomsday glacier” is “retreating”—or collapsing—at a rate that has stunned scientists to the point they claim the potential impact is “spine-chilling”. Scientists have been studying the Thwaites Glacier, which is approximately the size of Florida, in order to predict the impact of global sea rise levels. In a study published Monday in the journal Nature
Geoscience, researchers said the giant berg is holding on “by its fingernails” and warned sea levels could raise from three to 10 feet if it collapsed.
Science Daily reports:
For the first time, scientists mapped in high-resolution a critical area of the seafloor in front of the glacier that gives them a window into how fast Thwaites retreated and moved in the past. The stunning imagery shows geologic features that are new to science, and also provides a kind of crystal ball to see into Thwaites’ future. The team documented more than 160 parallel ridges that were created, like a footprint, as the glacier’s leading edge retreated and bobbed up and down with the daily tides.
Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier has the potential to rapidly retreat in the coming years and raise the global sea level by sever feet, according to a new study.
The lead author of the study, Alastair Graham @AGCGraham joined @JohnBerman pic.twitter.com/5rrb2qX8vu— New Day (@NewDay) September 6, 2022
The melting of the Thwaites Glacier, nicknamed the “doomsday glacier”, may alone raise sea levels by several feet. In a recently published study, scientists report that the glacier’s melting has accelerated and is now twice the rate than in the past decadehttps://t.co/hEiZV1HiuL
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