The Doomsday Glacier Is Getting Closer and Closer to Irreversible Collapse
Save StorySave this storySave StorySave this storyKnown as the “Doomsday Glacier,” the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is one of the most rapidly changing glaciers on Earth, and its future evolution is one of the biggest unknowns when it comes to predicting global sea level rise.The eastern ice shelf of the Thwaites Glacier is supported at its northern end by a ridge of the ocean floor. However, over the past two decades, cracks in the upper reaches of the glacier have increased rapidly, weakening its structural stability. A new study by the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC) presents a detailed record of this gradual collapse process.Researchers at the Centre for Earth Observation and Science at the University of Manitoba, Canada, analyzed observational data from 2002…
