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#JustHaveAThink video lecture & literature review #Antarctic #glacier #Thwaites #DoomsdayGlacier #SeaLevelRise
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#JustHaveAThink video lecture & literature review #Antarctic #glacier #Thwaites #DoomsdayGlacier #SeaLevelRise
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#Antarctic #glacier #Thwaites #DoomsdayGlacier #SeaLevelRise #ClimateChange
Goldberg et al. 09 March 2026 Geophys Res Lett 53:e2025GL118823
Recent observations of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica are consistent with high rates of loss in next 50 years
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#Antarctic #glacier #Thwaites #DoomsdayGlacier #SeaLevelRise #ClimateChange
Goldberg et al. 09 March 2026 Geophys Res Lett 53:e2025GL118823
Recent observations of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica are consistent with high rates of loss in next 50 years
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#FYI #JustHaveAThink video lecture and literature review #Antarctic #glacier #Thwaites #DoomsdayGlacier #SeaLevelRise
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5wB2ur1S2w
#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis
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#FYI #JustHaveAThink video lecture and literature review #Antarctic #glacier #Thwaites #DoomsdayGlacier #SeaLevelRise
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5wB2ur1S2w
#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis
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Boy, it almost seems like a #GlobalConspiracy by #BigOil and #BigMineral... Keep warming temps so they can mine #Antarctica!
Antarctica hides huge caches of gold, silver, copper and iron. As the ice melts, countries may race to harvest them.
Melting ice, rebounding land, and rising seas will change what resources are available in Antarctica, a new analysis finds.
By Grace van Deelen, published April 5, 2026
#Melting #DoomsdayGlacier #GlobalWarming #ExxonKnew #BigOilKnew #CorporateGreed
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Boy, it almost seems like a #GlobalConspiracy by #BigOil and #BigMineral... Keep warming temps so they can mine #Antarctica!
Antarctica hides huge caches of gold, silver, copper and iron. As the ice melts, countries may race to harvest them.
Melting ice, rebounding land, and rising seas will change what resources are available in Antarctica, a new analysis finds.
By Grace van Deelen, published April 5, 2026
#Melting #DoomsdayGlacier #GlobalWarming #ExxonKnew #BigOilKnew #CorporateGreed
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'Poised to disintegrate': Antarctica's '#DoomsdayGlacier' is set to lose its #IceShelf this year
#WestAntarctica's "Doomsday Glacier" is on the brink of losing its ice shelf, further compromising the already melting ice mass and threatening to unleash devastating sea-level rises.
By Patrick Pester
"A vital ice shelf is about to break away from Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier," further destabilizing one of the world's largest and most vulnerable glaciers.
The #ThwaitesGlacier is nicknamed the "Doomsday Glacier" because its collapse would send so much ice into the Southern Ocean that #GlobalSeaLevels would rise by 2.1 feet (65 centimeters or 26 inches), flooding coastal communities worldwide. This collapse could take centuries, but there is an imminent threat to Thwaites' eastern ice shelf, which will likely accelerate the glacier's demise.
"Researchers say that satellite images reveal that the Thwaites eastern ice shelf is about to detach from the glacier, New Scientist reported last week. While the glacier sits on land, the ice shelf is a floating body of ice that is attached to the glacier's mouth. Researchers still have a lot to learn about the glacier, but this shelf acts as a buttress, restraining the flow of ice from the glacier into the sea."
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"Thwaites Glacier's slow collapse is part of a wider concern among scientists for the future of the West #Antarctic ice sheet. Thwaites is a key pillar of the ice sheet, protecting other ice from slipping into the ocean. If the whole ice sheet were to go, sea levels would rise by 10.8 feet (3.3 m), according to the British Antarctic Survey. The collapse of ice sheets like this one are considered tipping points, or 'points of no return,' in the fight against climate change — meaning that once they are crossed, they bring about permanent changes that cannot be reversed for many thousands of years."
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'Poised to disintegrate': Antarctica's '#DoomsdayGlacier' is set to lose its #IceShelf this year
#WestAntarctica's "Doomsday Glacier" is on the brink of losing its ice shelf, further compromising the already melting ice mass and threatening to unleash devastating sea-level rises.
By Patrick Pester
"A vital ice shelf is about to break away from Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier," further destabilizing one of the world's largest and most vulnerable glaciers.
The #ThwaitesGlacier is nicknamed the "Doomsday Glacier" because its collapse would send so much ice into the Southern Ocean that #GlobalSeaLevels would rise by 2.1 feet (65 centimeters or 26 inches), flooding coastal communities worldwide. This collapse could take centuries, but there is an imminent threat to Thwaites' eastern ice shelf, which will likely accelerate the glacier's demise.
"Researchers say that satellite images reveal that the Thwaites eastern ice shelf is about to detach from the glacier, New Scientist reported last week. While the glacier sits on land, the ice shelf is a floating body of ice that is attached to the glacier's mouth. Researchers still have a lot to learn about the glacier, but this shelf acts as a buttress, restraining the flow of ice from the glacier into the sea."
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"Thwaites Glacier's slow collapse is part of a wider concern among scientists for the future of the West #Antarctic ice sheet. Thwaites is a key pillar of the ice sheet, protecting other ice from slipping into the ocean. If the whole ice sheet were to go, sea levels would rise by 10.8 feet (3.3 m), according to the British Antarctic Survey. The collapse of ice sheets like this one are considered tipping points, or 'points of no return,' in the fight against climate change — meaning that once they are crossed, they bring about permanent changes that cannot be reversed for many thousands of years."
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#TwaithsGlacier the biggest glacier on earth in #antartica is about to break off a massive ice shelf, the size of london, which will cause 3m sea level rise across the globe.
#press #DoomsDayGlacier #IndependentMedia #news #GlobalNews #HumanInducedClimateChange
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#TwaithsGlacier the biggest glacier on earth in #antartica is about to break off a massive ice shelf, the size of london, which will cause 3m sea level rise across the globe.
#press #DoomsDayGlacier #IndependentMedia #news #GlobalNews #HumanInducedClimateChange
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#TwaithsGlacier the biggest glacier on earth in #antartica is about to break off a massive ice shelf, the size of london, which will cause 3m sea level rise across the globe.
#press #DoomsDayGlacier #IndependentMedia #news #GlobalNews #HumanInducedClimateChange
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Hundreds of Iceberg Earthquakes Rattle Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier
Capsizing icebergs are violently clashing with the crumbling end of the Doomsday Glacier
Thwaites Glacier is sometimes known as the Doomsday Glacier. If it were to collapse completely it would raise global sea levels by 3 meters, and it also has the potential to fall apart rapidly.
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Hundreds of Iceberg Earthquakes Rattle Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier
Capsizing icebergs are violently clashing with the crumbling end of the Doomsday Glacier
Thwaites Glacier is sometimes known as the Doomsday Glacier. If it were to collapse completely it would raise global sea levels by 3 meters, and it also has the potential to fall apart rapidly.
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The #DoomsdayGlacier Is Getting Closer and Closer to Irreversible Collapse
An analysis of the expansion of cracks in the #ThwaitesGlacier over the past 20 years suggests that a total collapse could be only a matter of time.
by Ritsuko Kawai, Dec 22, 2025 9:43 AM
Excerpt: "Known 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 to 2022 to track the formation and propagation of cracks in the ice shelf shear zone. They discovered that as the cracks grew, the connection between the ice shelf and the mid-ocean ridge weakened, accelerating the upstream flow of ice."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/fNNm0#DoomsdayGlacier #GlobalWarming #SeaLevelRise #Oiligarchy #ClimateChangeIsRead #ClimateScience #Thwaites #GlobalSeaLevelRise
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The #DoomsdayGlacier Is Getting Closer and Closer to Irreversible Collapse
An analysis of the expansion of cracks in the #ThwaitesGlacier over the past 20 years suggests that a total collapse could be only a matter of time.
by Ritsuko Kawai, Dec 22, 2025 9:43 AM
Excerpt: "Known 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 to 2022 to track the formation and propagation of cracks in the ice shelf shear zone. They discovered that as the cracks grew, the connection between the ice shelf and the mid-ocean ridge weakened, accelerating the upstream flow of ice."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/fNNm0#DoomsdayGlacier #GlobalWarming #SeaLevelRise #Oiligarchy #ClimateChangeIsRead #ClimateScience #Thwaites #GlobalSeaLevelRise
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#FYI #ClimateChat #DanMiller #LeonSimons #Antarctic #Thwaites #DoomsdayGlacier
Coming up! 👇👇👇
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iarx9Pibnic
#climate #ClimateScience #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis #fossilfuels #Co2 #Co2Emissions #methane #GreenhouseGases #KeepitInTheGround
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#FYI #ClimateChat #DanMiller #LeonSimons #Antarctic #Thwaites #DoomsdayGlacier
Coming up! 👇👇👇
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iarx9Pibnic
#climate #ClimateScience #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis #fossilfuels #Co2 #Co2Emissions #methane #GreenhouseGases #KeepitInTheGround
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Nothing to see here (or in #Antarctica)
Scientists issue warning on 'unstoppable' phenomenon that could have global impact: 'Catastrophic consequences'
by Matthew Swigonski, 9/3/2025
"According to a recent study, a team of researchers has determined that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is at an increased risk of completely collapsing due to continually high levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Even with progressive shifts in dirty fuel usage, realistic reductions in CO2 may still not be enough to prevent more abrupt changes."
World’s biggest iceberg, A23a, has broken up
The A23a iceberg has been closely tracked by scientists ever since it calved from the Filchner-Ronne ice shelf in Antarctica in 1986.
By Lianne Kolirin and Issy Ronald, Sep 4, 2025
" 'The world’s largest iceberg is 'rapidly breaking up' into several large 'very large chunks,' scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have said.
"Previously weighing nearly a trillion metric tonnes (1.1 trillion tons) and spanning an area of 3,672 square kilometers (1,418 square miles) — slightly bigger than Rhode Island — the A23a iceberg has been closely tracked by scientists ever since it calved from the Filchner-Ronne ice shelf in Antarctica in 1986. "
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/worlds-biggest-iceberg-a23a-has-broken-up/1812352
Scientists looked deep beneath the #DoomsdayGlacier. What they found spells potential disaster for the planet
By Laura Paddison, September 20, 2024
"Scientists using ice-breaking ships and underwater robots have found the #ThwaitesGlacier in Antarctica is melting at an accelerating rate and could be on an irreversible path to collapse, spelling catastrophe for global sea level rise.
"Since 2018, a team of scientists forming the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration, has been studying Thwaites — often dubbed the '#DoomsdayGlacier' — up close to better understand how and when it might collapse.
"Their findings, set out across a collection of studies, provide the clearest picture yet of this complex, ever-changing glacier. The outlook is 'grim,' the scientists said in a report published Thursday, revealing the key conclusions of their six years of research.
"They found rapid ice loss is set to speed up this century. Thwaites’ retreat has accelerated considerably over the past 30 years, said Rob Larter, a marine geophysicist at the British Antarctic Survey and part of the ITGC team. 'Our findings indicate it is set to retreat further and faster,' he said.
"The scientists project Thwaites and the Antarctic Ice Sheet could collapse within 200 years, which would have devastating consequences.
"Thwaites holds enough water to increase sea levels by more than 2 feet. But because it also acts like a cork, holding back the vast Antarctic ice sheet, its collapse could ultimately lead to around 10 feet of #SeaLevelRise, devastating coastal communities from Miami and London to Bangladesh and the Pacific Islands.
"Scientists have long known Florida-sized Thwaites was vulnerable, in part because of its geography. The land on which it sits slopes downwards, meaning as it melts, more ice is exposed to relatively warm ocean water."
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/20/climate/doomsday-glacier-thwaites-melt-sea-level-rise
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Nothing to see here (or in #Antarctica)
Scientists issue warning on 'unstoppable' phenomenon that could have global impact: 'Catastrophic consequences'
by Matthew Swigonski, 9/3/2025
"According to a recent study, a team of researchers has determined that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is at an increased risk of completely collapsing due to continually high levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Even with progressive shifts in dirty fuel usage, realistic reductions in CO2 may still not be enough to prevent more abrupt changes."
World’s biggest iceberg, A23a, has broken up
The A23a iceberg has been closely tracked by scientists ever since it calved from the Filchner-Ronne ice shelf in Antarctica in 1986.
By Lianne Kolirin and Issy Ronald, Sep 4, 2025
" 'The world’s largest iceberg is 'rapidly breaking up' into several large 'very large chunks,' scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have said.
"Previously weighing nearly a trillion metric tonnes (1.1 trillion tons) and spanning an area of 3,672 square kilometers (1,418 square miles) — slightly bigger than Rhode Island — the A23a iceberg has been closely tracked by scientists ever since it calved from the Filchner-Ronne ice shelf in Antarctica in 1986. "
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/worlds-biggest-iceberg-a23a-has-broken-up/1812352
Scientists looked deep beneath the #DoomsdayGlacier. What they found spells potential disaster for the planet
By Laura Paddison, September 20, 2024
"Scientists using ice-breaking ships and underwater robots have found the #ThwaitesGlacier in Antarctica is melting at an accelerating rate and could be on an irreversible path to collapse, spelling catastrophe for global sea level rise.
"Since 2018, a team of scientists forming the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration, has been studying Thwaites — often dubbed the '#DoomsdayGlacier' — up close to better understand how and when it might collapse.
"Their findings, set out across a collection of studies, provide the clearest picture yet of this complex, ever-changing glacier. The outlook is 'grim,' the scientists said in a report published Thursday, revealing the key conclusions of their six years of research.
"They found rapid ice loss is set to speed up this century. Thwaites’ retreat has accelerated considerably over the past 30 years, said Rob Larter, a marine geophysicist at the British Antarctic Survey and part of the ITGC team. 'Our findings indicate it is set to retreat further and faster,' he said.
"The scientists project Thwaites and the Antarctic Ice Sheet could collapse within 200 years, which would have devastating consequences.
"Thwaites holds enough water to increase sea levels by more than 2 feet. But because it also acts like a cork, holding back the vast Antarctic ice sheet, its collapse could ultimately lead to around 10 feet of #SeaLevelRise, devastating coastal communities from Miami and London to Bangladesh and the Pacific Islands.
"Scientists have long known Florida-sized Thwaites was vulnerable, in part because of its geography. The land on which it sits slopes downwards, meaning as it melts, more ice is exposed to relatively warm ocean water."
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/20/climate/doomsday-glacier-thwaites-melt-sea-level-rise
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#DidYouKnow: Thwaites #Glacier, nicknamed the #DoomsdayGlacier, is an unusually broad and vast Antarctic glacier flowing into Pine Island Bay, part of the Amundsen Sea.
The Thwaites Glacier is melting in unexpected ways that could lead to its rapid collapse and it could drive catastrophic sea level rise.
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#DidYouKnow: Thwaites #Glacier, nicknamed the #DoomsdayGlacier, is an unusually broad and vast Antarctic glacier flowing into Pine Island Bay, part of the Amundsen Sea.
The Thwaites Glacier is melting in unexpected ways that could lead to its rapid collapse and it could drive catastrophic sea level rise.
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Inside a quest to save “#doomsdayglacier”
#AreteGlacier Initiative has raised $5 million to improve forecasts of #sealevelrise and explore possibility of refreezing #glaciers in place. #Thwaites glacier is a fortress larger than Florida, a wall of ice that reaches nearly 4,000 feet above the bedrock of West #Antarctica, guarding low-lying ice sheet behind it. But a strong, warm #ocean current is weakening its foundations and accelerating its slide into the Amundsen Sea.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/21/1113396/inside-a-new-quest-to-save-the-doomsday-glacier/ -
Inside a quest to save “#doomsdayglacier”
#AreteGlacier Initiative has raised $5 million to improve forecasts of #sealevelrise and explore possibility of refreezing #glaciers in place. #Thwaites glacier is a fortress larger than Florida, a wall of ice that reaches nearly 4,000 feet above the bedrock of West #Antarctica, guarding low-lying ice sheet behind it. But a strong, warm #ocean current is weakening its foundations and accelerating its slide into the Amundsen Sea.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/21/1113396/inside-a-new-quest-to-save-the-doomsday-glacier/ -
I do wonder if it's supposed to be shedding ice that fast. #Thwaites #glacier #doomsdayglacier
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I do wonder if it's supposed to be shedding ice that fast. #Thwaites #glacier #doomsdayglacier
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"We were aiming for the moon, we were shooting at the stars
But the kids were just shooting at the buses and the cars
So don't drink the water, don't you breathe the air
And if it's gotten to that point then I have to declare
That you could please bury me with it!
Please bury me with it!"
-- Modest Mouse, Bury Me With It, 2004.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uJ5bfz-9FU
#ModestMouse #FridayNightMusicVideos #FridayNightMusic #ClimateCatastrophe #NoPlanetB #DoomsdayGlacier #GoodNewsForPeopleWhoLoveBadNews #BuryMeWithIt #MadMaxBullshit #Crapitalism #CorporateJobs #FridayNightJukebox
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"We were aiming for the moon, we were shooting at the stars
But the kids were just shooting at the buses and the cars
So don't drink the water, don't you breathe the air
And if it's gotten to that point then I have to declare
That you could please bury me with it!
Please bury me with it!"
-- Modest Mouse, Bury Me With It, 2004.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uJ5bfz-9FU
#ModestMouse #FridayNightMusicVideos #FridayNightMusic #ClimateCatastrophe #NoPlanetB #DoomsdayGlacier #GoodNewsForPeopleWhoLoveBadNews #BuryMeWithIt #MadMaxBullshit #Crapitalism #CorporateJobs #FridayNightJukebox
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"Relatively warm ocean currents are weakening the base of Antarctica's enormous Thwaites glacier, whose demise could raise sea levels by as much as 7 feet. To separate the ice from those warmer ocean waters, scientists have put forward an audacious plan to erect a massive underwater curtain."
As 'Doomsday' Glacier Melts, Can an Artificial Barrier Save It? - Yale E360
https://e360.yale.edu/features/thwaites-glacier-pine-glacier-antarctica-geoengineering#climate
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#ClimateBreakdown
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Thwaites Glacier won’t collapse like dominoes as feared, study finds, but that doesn’t mean the ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is stable
https://theconversation.com/thwaites-glacier-wont-collapse-like-dominoes-as-feared-study-finds-but-that-doesnt-mean-the-doomsday-glacier-is-stable-236480 via @TheConversationClimate#Antarctica #Ice #SeaLevel #Thwaites #DoomsdayGlacier #AntarcticIceSheet #WAIS 🇦🇶🧊🌊
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Thwaites Glacier won’t collapse like dominoes as feared, study finds, but that doesn’t mean the ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is stable
https://theconversation.com/thwaites-glacier-wont-collapse-like-dominoes-as-feared-study-finds-but-that-doesnt-mean-the-doomsday-glacier-is-stable-236480 via @TheConversationClimate#Antarctica #Ice #SeaLevel #Thwaites #DoomsdayGlacier #AntarcticIceSheet #WAIS 🇦🇶🧊🌊
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#SeaLevelRise #TippingPoints
(1/3)Hm, 25 years...we all know that #ClimateChange is probably even accelerating. +1.5°C has really been a "pie in the sky, and "only" +2° are becoming less likely by the day.
A study by #YixiZheng, an oceanographer at the University of East Anglia about the #ThwaitesGlacier in #WestAntarcticanicknamed the “#DoomsdayGlacier”—has shown that it's collapse would lead to sea level rise of 10 ft/3m. 1)
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#SeaLevelRise #TippingPoints
(1/3)Hm, 25 years...we all know that #ClimateChange is probably even accelerating. +1.5°C has really been a "pie in the sky, and "only" +2° are becoming less likely by the day.
A study by #YixiZheng, an oceanographer at the University of East Anglia about the #ThwaitesGlacier in #WestAntarcticanicknamed the “#DoomsdayGlacier”—has shown that it's collapse would lead to sea level rise of 10 ft/3m. 1)
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Warm water melts ‘#DoomsdayGlacier’ half a mile every year, finds study
#Thwaites is said to be the most unstable place in the #Antarctic and contains the equivalent of 60 centimeters of #sealevelrise
Warm, high-pressure #seawater causing significant melting under Thwaites #Glacier in #Antarctica. "There are places where the water is almost at the pressure of the overlying ice, so just a little more pressure is needed to push up the ice," said lead author Eric Rignot, PhD
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Warm water melts ‘#DoomsdayGlacier’ half a mile every year, finds study
#Thwaites is said to be the most unstable place in the #Antarctic and contains the equivalent of 60 centimeters of #sealevelrise
Warm, high-pressure #seawater causing significant melting under Thwaites #Glacier in #Antarctica. "There are places where the water is almost at the pressure of the overlying ice, so just a little more pressure is needed to push up the ice," said lead author Eric Rignot, PhD
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Ocean water is rushing miles underneath the ‘#DoomsdayGlacier’ with potentially dire impacts on #SeaLevelRise
By Laura Paddison, CNN
Published May 22, 2024"The #ThwaitesGlacier in #WestAntarctica — nicknamed the 'Doomsday Glacier' because its collapse could cause catastrophic sea level rise — is the world’s widest glacier and roughly the size of Florida. It’s also #Antarctica’s most vulnerable and unstable glacier, in large part because the land on which it sits slopes downward, allowing ocean waters to eat away at its ice.
"#Thwaites, which already contributes 4% to global #Sea Level rise, holds enough ice to raise sea levels by more than 2 feet. But because it also acts as a natural dam to the surrounding ice in West Antarctica, scientists have estimated its complete collapse could ultimately lead to around 10 feet of sea level rise — a catastrophe for the world’s #coastal communities."
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Ocean water is rushing miles underneath the ‘#DoomsdayGlacier’ with potentially dire impacts on #SeaLevelRise
By Laura Paddison, CNN
Published May 22, 2024"The #ThwaitesGlacier in #WestAntarctica — nicknamed the 'Doomsday Glacier' because its collapse could cause catastrophic sea level rise — is the world’s widest glacier and roughly the size of Florida. It’s also #Antarctica’s most vulnerable and unstable glacier, in large part because the land on which it sits slopes downward, allowing ocean waters to eat away at its ice.
"#Thwaites, which already contributes 4% to global #Sea Level rise, holds enough ice to raise sea levels by more than 2 feet. But because it also acts as a natural dam to the surrounding ice in West Antarctica, scientists have estimated its complete collapse could ultimately lead to around 10 feet of sea level rise — a catastrophe for the world’s #coastal communities."
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CBS: The doomsday glacier is undergoing "vigorous ice melt" that could reshape sea level rise projections https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doomsday-glacier-ice-melt-sea-level-rise-projections/ #doomsdayglacier #glacier #melting #doomsday #climate
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CBS: The doomsday glacier is undergoing "vigorous ice melt" that could reshape sea level rise projections https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doomsday-glacier-ice-melt-sea-level-rise-projections/ #doomsdayglacier #glacier #melting #doomsday #climate
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#ClimateCatastrophe #Glaciers #SeaLevelRise #Antarctica
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...not all the #ice will return.👈
“The impacts of #Antarctic #SeaIce staying low for over twenty years would be profound, including on local and global weather,” #LouiseSime, a co-author on the #BAS [#BritishAntarcticSurvey] study, said in a statement."
"👉The #ThwaitesGlacier in #WestAntarctica — nicknamed the “#DoomsdayGlacier” because its collapse could cause catastrophic sea level rise👈 — is ...
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#ClimateCatastrophe #Glaciers #SeaLevelRise #Antarctica
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...not all the #ice will return.👈
“The impacts of #Antarctic #SeaIce staying low for over twenty years would be profound, including on local and global weather,” #LouiseSime, a co-author on the #BAS [#BritishAntarcticSurvey] study, said in a statement."
"👉The #ThwaitesGlacier in #WestAntarctica — nicknamed the “#DoomsdayGlacier” because its collapse could cause catastrophic sea level rise👈 — is ...
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#ClimateCatastrophe #Glaciers #SeaLevelRise #Antarctica
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NEW STUDY: "#Ocean water is pushing miles beneath #Antarctica’s “#DoomsdayGlacier,” making it more vulnerable to melting than previously thought, according to new research which used radar data from space to perform an X-ray of the crucial glacier.""...scientists have estimated 👉its complete collapse could ultimately lead to around 10 feet [3 meters]of sea level rise👈 — a...
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/20/climate/doomsday-glacier-melt-antarctica-climate-intl/index.html
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#ClimateCatastrophe #Glaciers #SeaLevelRise #Antarctica
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NEW STUDY: "#Ocean water is pushing miles beneath #Antarctica’s “#DoomsdayGlacier,” making it more vulnerable to melting than previously thought, according to new research which used radar data from space to perform an X-ray of the crucial glacier.""...scientists have estimated 👉its complete collapse could ultimately lead to around 10 feet [3 meters]of sea level rise👈 — a...
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/20/climate/doomsday-glacier-melt-antarctica-climate-intl/index.html
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#DidYouKnow: Thwaites #Glacier, nicknamed the #DoomsdayGlacier, is an unusually broad and vast Antarctic glacier flowing into Pine Island Bay, part of the Amundsen Sea.
The Thwaites Glacier is melting in unexpected ways that could lead to its rapid collapse and it could drive catastrophic sea level rise.
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#DidYouKnow: Thwaites #Glacier, nicknamed the #DoomsdayGlacier, is an unusually broad and vast Antarctic glacier flowing into Pine Island Bay, part of the Amundsen Sea.
The Thwaites Glacier is melting in unexpected ways that could lead to its rapid collapse and it could drive catastrophic sea level rise.
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#Antarctica’s ‘#doomsdayglacier’ began melting in mid-20th century: Study
According to a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, West Antarctica's #ThwaitesGlacier began rapidly receding in the 1940s -- much earlier than scientists had previous thought.
It's often referred to as the "doomsday #glacier" due to the potentially catastrophic consequences of its hypothetical collapse.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4492340-antarcticas-doomsday-glacier-began-melting-in-mid-twentieth-century-study/ #sealevelrise #climatechange -
#Antarctica’s ‘#doomsdayglacier’ began melting in mid-20th century: Study
According to a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, West Antarctica's #ThwaitesGlacier began rapidly receding in the 1940s -- much earlier than scientists had previous thought.
It's often referred to as the "doomsday #glacier" due to the potentially catastrophic consequences of its hypothetical collapse.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4492340-antarcticas-doomsday-glacier-began-melting-in-mid-twentieth-century-study/ #sealevelrise #climatechange -
The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is rapidly melting. #Scientists now have evidence for when it started and why
👉🏼 https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/26/climate/doomsday-glacier-antarctic-ice-melt-climate-intl?cid=ios_app #Antarctica #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #DoomsdayGlacier -
Scientists say the clock is ticking after unexpected findings at #Antarctica’s #DoomsdayGlacier https://www.fastcompany.com/90851700/antarctica-doomsday-glacier-melting-global-warming-climate-change #ClimateChange
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Good news for people who love bad news...
"So don't drink the water, don't you breathe the air.
If it's gotten to that point then I have to declare:That you please bury me with it!
Please bury me with it!"#EastPalestine #Fukushima #ClimateCatastrophe #NoPlanetB #DoomsdayGlacier #GoodNewsForPeopleWhoLoveBadNews #BuryMeWithIt