Thwaites Glacier

Common Dreams
View In: Thwaites GlacierThe Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica—the so-called "Doomsday Glacier"—is in the news again. We are fascinated with it because it is the Godzilla of glaciers, 80 miles across and as massive as Florida. If the ice sheet holding it back were to melt, and if Thwaites plopped into the ocean, it would all b...

Grist
View In: Thwaites Glacier“Thwaites is really holding on today by its fingernails, and we should expect to see big changes over small timescales.”

Common Dreams - Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
View In: Thwaites Glacier“Just a small kick to Thwaites could lead to a big response,” warned the lead author of an alarming new analysis.

Alternet.org
View In: Thwaites GlacierNew research unveiled Monday suggests that the West Antarctic Thwaites Glacier—an enormous ice mass with the potential to trigger catastrophic sea level rise—could retreat far more quickly in the coming years than scientists previously anticipated as fossil fuel-driven planetary warming continues t...

View In: Thwaites GlacierSome time in the past 200 years, Antarctica's giant Thwaites Glacier saw a period of retreat much faster than even that observed in recent years. It could be a warning of rapid sea-level rise in the near... Via: @Snoro@mastodon.social