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Thwaites Glacier

Thwaites glaciar
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“Terremotos Glaciales” Vistos por Primera Vez en Thwaites

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 26 March 202016 July 2025

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.

A science team moves equipment on sledges across the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica in 2019.
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The Threat at Thwaites

Heather Goss, AGU Publisher by Heather Goss 24 February 202013 December 2021

This Antarctic glacier is rapidly losing mass. An international team is digging into the ice to figure out just how bad it is.

Large ice sheet on the right; water on the left
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“Glacial Earthquakes” Spotted for the First Time on Thwaites

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 17 February 202016 July 2025

These seismic events, triggered by icebergs capsizing and ramming into Thwaites, reveal that the glacier has lost some of its floating ice shelf.

icefin-exploring-below-sea-ice
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Diagnosing Thwaites

Javier Barbuzano, Science Writer by Javier Barbuzano 31 January 202013 December 2021

The water under a vulnerable Antarctic glacier is warming. Its catastrophic collapse could trigger a dramatic increase in global sea level.

Glacial cliff towers above an icy sea
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Controlled Explosions Pave the Way for Thwaites Glacier Research

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 10 January 202013 December 2021

Scientists detonate explosives in West Texas to prepare for fieldwork in West Antarctica.

Scientists identify a crack in the Pine Island Glacier as the culprit behind an iceberg that broke off in 2015
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West Antarctic Ice Shelf Breaking Up from the Inside Out

by Lauren Lipuma 4 January 20177 February 2023

Researchers trace the origin of a 2015 iceberg to a crack that formed deep beneath the ice.

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