Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier ‘in trouble’ say scientists - All you need to know
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Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier ‘in trouble’ say scientists - All you need to know

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For years now, scientists have been warily watching Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier for its capability to propel a catastrophic sea level rise. A complete collapse of the ‘Doomsday Glacier’ could lead to sea level rise of more than two feet. With the glacier acting as a dam of sorts for the surrounding ice, its breakdown could ultimately lead to a global sea level rise of around 10 feet. Meanwhile, the walls of steeply sloped crevasses and staircase-like features were melting outward at much faster rates “The rate and extent of ice loss, and whether it proceeds irreversibly, are set by the ocean conditions and basal melting within the grounding-zone region where Thwaites Glacier first goes afloat3,6, both of which are largely unknown,” the researchers wrote in the study abstract published on Nature journal.

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