Scientists Warn of Potential Catastrophic Effects if Massive 'Doomsday Glacier' Collapses: 'Could Drag in Neighboring Glaciers with It'

Scientists warn of potential catastrophic effects if massive 'Doomsday Glacier' collapses: 'Could drag in neighboring glaciers with it'

The Thwaites Glacier on the northern edge of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet has earned the nickname "Doomsday Glacier" because of the dire consequences that would come if it collapsed. The United States is one of several countries that would experience significant impacts. What's happening? The Doomsday Glacier is a massive chunk of ice roughly the size of Florida, and it is melting at a rate that has surprised scientists. Its collapse is somethin…

Mexico. The imminent disappearance of the last glaciers in Mexico will have severe effects on the climate, environmental sustainability and quality of life in the population, warned Mexican researcher Hugo Delgado Granados. In an interview with Xinhua, Mexico’s representative to the Global Monitoring Service of Glaciares pointed out that the decline of these ice masses makes water flows uncertain in the nation, so it did not rule out a reduction…

This ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is melting faster than scientists thought. – International Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: This ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is melting faster than scientists thought. Now Earth’s biggest cities are at risk: The giant glacier has been losing ice rapidly for several decades by Dr Ella Gilbert on the BBC Science Focus website on June 6, 2024. Close look at the Thwaites Ice Shelf edge as seen from the IceBridge DC-8 on Oct. 16, 2012. The blue areas of ice are denser, compressed ice. Image NASA / James Yungel.  Public Domain via…