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Doomsday Glacier “Holding On by Its Fingernails” – Spine-Chilling Retreat Could Raise Sea Levels by 10 Feet

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The Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica, also known as the Doomsday Glacier, has been an elephant in the room for scientists trying to make global sea level rise predictions. For the first time, scientists mapped in high-resolution a critical area of the seafloor in front of the glacier, providing them with a window into how fast the glacier retreated and moved in the past.

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Doomsday glacier that could raise sea levels by 10ft 'holding on by fingernails'

The Thwaites Glacier in west Antarctica is one of the biggest on Earth (Picture: Rice University)A so-called ‘doomsday glacier’ is retreating faster than previously predicted, a new study has shown.Leading scientists have this week warned the Thwaites Glacier in west Antarctica – a key source of sea-level rise – is ‘holding on by its fingernails’. The crucial ice sheet extends more than 74,000 square miles, which is an area roughly the size of B…

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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DNA India

DNA Explainer: What is the 'doomsday glacier' in Antarctica? Know why scientists are sounding grave warnings

The Thwaites Glacier is not being dubbed the doomsday glacier by scientists as the melting of its ice can have serious consequences for the planet.

2 years ago·New Delhi, India

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Sci Tech Daily

Doomsday Glacier “Holding On by Its Fingernails” – Spine-Chilling Retreat Could Raise Sea Levels by 10 Feet

Faster in the Past: New seafloor images – the highest resolution of any taken off the West Antarctic Ice Sheet – upend understanding of Thwaites Glacier retreat. At times in its past, the retreat of the massive Thwaites Glacier was even quicker than it is today, heightening concerns for its futur

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Gizmodo

Doomsday Glacier Is 'Holding on... by Its Fingernails'

A new study looks at how Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier may have moved quickly in the past.

2 years ago·United States

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Science Alert

'Doomsday Glacier' in Antarctica Is Holding on 'By Its Fingernails', Scientists Warn

An Antarctic body of ice nicknamed the 'Doomsday Glacier' could melt far faster than previously expected and is holding on "by its fingernails," according to new scientific research.

2 years ago·Australia

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Politicus USA

Stunned Scientists Issue New Warning On Doomsday Glacier In Antarctica

Stunned scientists are worried about what is known as the Doomsday Glacier.

2 years ago·United States

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Doomsday Glacier “Holding On by Its Fingernails” – Spine-Chilling Retreat Could Raise Sea Levels by 10 Feet

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Doomsday glacier that could raise sea levels by 10ft 'holding on by fingernails'

Doomsday glacier that could raise sea levels by 10ft 'holding on by fingernails'

DNA Explainer: What is the 'doomsday glacier' in Antarctica? Know why scientists are sounding grave warnings

DNA Explainer: What is the 'doomsday glacier' in Antarctica? Know why scientists are sounding grave warnings

Doomsday Glacier “Holding On by Its Fingernails” – Spine-Chilling Retreat Could Raise Sea Levels by 10 Feet

Doomsday Glacier “Holding On by Its Fingernails” – Spine-Chilling Retreat Could Raise Sea Levels by 10 Feet

Doomsday Glacier Is 'Holding on... by Its Fingernails'

Doomsday Glacier Is 'Holding on... by Its Fingernails'

'Doomsday Glacier' in Antarctica Is Holding on 'By Its Fingernails', Scientists Warn

'Doomsday Glacier' in Antarctica Is Holding on 'By Its Fingernails', Scientists Warn

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Stunned Scientists Issue New Warning On Doomsday Glacier In Antarctica

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