Accelerated Sea Level Rise Threatens: New Study Reveals What's Happening Deep Beneath Doomsday Glaciers

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Thwaites is a plug for an even larger glacier, and it could break away from a major seafloor ridge as early as the next decade.

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Scientists at the University of California Irvine (UC Irvine) have published a new study that provides disturbing insights into the fate of the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica, also known by the infamous nickname "Doomsday Glacier". The damage caused to this key Antarctic glacier by oceans is much greater than previously thought. The main reason for this is kilometers of infiltration of warm seawater that penetrates deep beneath the ice and accel…