Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy While Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier” is still headed for catastrophe as the Earth warms, scientists said …
CNN — 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, spelling catastrophe for global sea level rise. Since 2018, a team of scientists forming the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration, has been studying Thwaites — often dubbed the “Doomsday Glacier” …
Kate Dibiasky, a doctoral student in astronomy, and her advisor Dr. Randall Mindy make a surprising discovery of a comet, named after Dibiasky. The possibility of Earth’s destruction—an extinction category event—propels these two mid-level scientists to seek help from the US President, NASA, the media and anyone who will listen. When their data-driven findings don’t get the urgent response required …
