Doomsday Glacier: Scientists looked deep beneath Antarctic ice.
Sep 20, 2024 · Scientists using ice-breaking ships and underwater robots have found the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is melting at an accelerating rate and could be on an irreversible path to collapse,...
‘Doomsday’ Antarctic Glacier Melting Faster Than Expected, …
Oct 30, 2024 · The Thwaites Glacier is one of a line of glaciers sitting along the marine-facing rim of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS)—a massive bowl of ice nearly three times the size of Texas sitting in a basin below sea level in Western Antarctica. The only bulwarks that prevent the ocean from filling the basin and melting or dislodging the ice are ...
Ocean water is rushing miles underneath the ‘Doomsday Glacier’ …
May 20, 2024 · Ocean water is pushing miles beneath Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier,” making it more vulnerable to melting than previously thought, according to new research which used radar data from space...
Thwaites: Antarctic glacier heading for dramatic change - BBC
Scientists are warning of dramatic changes at one of the biggest glaciers in Antarctica, potentially within the next five to 10 years. They say a floating section at the front of Thwaites...
Doomsday may be delayed at Antarctica’s most vulnerable glacier …
Sep 19, 2024 · Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier isn’t called the Doomsday Glacier for nothing. Were the Florida-size ice sheet to melt away, it could raise global sea levels by 65 centimeters.
3 Antarctic glaciers show rapidly accelerated ice loss ... - Science News
Dec 18, 2023 · SAN FRANCISCO — Several Antarctic glaciers are undergoing dramatic acceleration and ice loss. Hektoria Glacier, the worst affected, has quadrupled its sliding speed and lost 25 kilometers of...
Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Is Melting Even Faster Than …
May 29, 2024 · Warming waters are reaching several miles into Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier—nicknamed the “doomsday glacier” because of its potential impact on sea-level rise. At the bottom of the Earth...
New research on Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier could reshape sea ... - NPR
May 21, 2024 · A team of scientists say seawater flowing underneath and into gaps in the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is contributing to the melting of the massive ice formation — a potentially ominous sign...
Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier ice shelf could collapse in 5 years ...
Dec 13, 2021 · The demise of a West Antarctic glacier poses the world’s biggest threat to raise sea levels before 2100 — and an ice shelf that’s holding it back from the sea could collapse within three to five...
International team launch second attempt to drill deep for Antarctic ...
2 days ago · The vast West Antarctic Ice Sheet holds enough ice to raise sea level by 4-5 m if it melts completely. Research has found a collapse might be inevitable for some parts of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, such as the area around the ‘Doomsday Glacier’ (Thwaites Glacier) in the Amundsen Sea, due to the presence of warm water next to it.