The Doomsday Glacier, predicted to raise global sea level by more than half a meter, could be exposed to more warm ocean water than previously thought.
Thwaites Glacier
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El Niño May Have Kicked Off Thwaites Glacier Retreat
Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier” started losing mass midcentury, around the same time as its neighboring glacier.
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“Icefin” Investigates a Glacial Underbelly
An instrument-laden submersible reveals where—and how rapidly—the Antarctic glacier is melting.
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Seafloor Reveals a Period of Rapid Retreat for Thwaites Glacier
New high-resolution seafloor imagery shows a series of delicate ridges produced by the glacier’s front as it bobbed daily with the tides, revealing a recent period of rapid retreat.New high-resolution seafloor imagery shows a series of delicate ridges produced by the glacier’s front as it bobbed daily with the tides, revealing a recent period of rapid retreat.
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Seashells and Penguin Bones Reveal Thwaites Glacier’s Quiet Past
Antarctica’s Thwaites and Pine Island Glaciers are melting faster than they have in the past 5,500 years, new evidence shows. Against expectations, their pasts have been remarkably stable.
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Una nueva pista sobre el colapso de la plataforma de hielo antártica
Un tipo particular de tormenta coincidió con 13 de los 21 eventos recientes de desprendimiento en la Antártida.
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A New Clue to Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapse
A particular kind of storm coincided with 13 of the 21 recent calving events in Antarctica.
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“Terremotos Glaciales” Vistos por Primera Vez en Thwaites
Estos eventos sísmicos, provocados por los icebergs que se vuelcan y chocan contra Thwaites, revelan que el glaciar ha perdido parte de su plataforma flotante de hielo.
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The Threat at Thwaites
This Antarctic glacier is rapidly losing mass. An international team is digging into the ice to figure out just how bad it is.
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“Glacial Earthquakes” Spotted for the First Time on Thwaites
These seismic events, triggered by icebergs capsizing and ramming into Thwaites, reveal that the glacier has lost some of its floating ice shelf.