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  1. #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

    doi.org/10.1029/2025GL118823

  2. #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

    doi.org/10.1029/2025GL118823

  3. Op #Antarctica dreigt een gigantische ijsplaat van de 'Doomsday' #Thwaites gletsjer af te breken. Dat zal wereldwijde gevolgen hebben, ook voor ons hier in Nederland. Hoe dat zit, legt Jeanine Duijst van 'NOS op 3' je op ons YouTube-kanaal uit (abonneren mag).

    #zeespiegelstijging
    youtube.com/watch?v=ZNQWWW-vvf

  4. Op #Antarctica dreigt een gigantische ijsplaat van de 'Doomsday' #Thwaites gletsjer af te breken. Dat zal wereldwijde gevolgen hebben, ook voor ons hier in Nederland. Hoe dat zit, legt Jeanine Duijst van 'NOS op 3' je op ons YouTube-kanaal uit (abonneren mag).

    #zeespiegelstijging
    youtube.com/watch?v=ZNQWWW-vvf

  5. '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."

    [...]

    "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."

    livescience.com/planet-earth/a

    #ClimateChange #SeaLevelRise #Thwaites #ClimateCatastrophe

  6. '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."

    [...]

    "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."

    livescience.com/planet-earth/a

    #ClimateChange #SeaLevelRise #Thwaites #ClimateCatastrophe

  7. '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."

    [...]

    "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."

    livescience.com/planet-earth/a

    #ClimateChange #SeaLevelRise #Thwaites #ClimateCatastrophe

  8. '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."

    [...]

    "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."

    livescience.com/planet-earth/a

    #ClimateChange #SeaLevelRise #Thwaites #ClimateCatastrophe

  9. '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."

    [...]

    "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."

    livescience.com/planet-earth/a

    #ClimateChange #SeaLevelRise #Thwaites #ClimateCatastrophe

  10. #talkcollapse:

    "Antarctica’s most threatened glacier is about be further destabilised, as the floating ice shelf in front of #Thwaites glacier is set to break away."

    Fun fact: it's called "the doomsday glacier" 🤩
    newscientist.com/article/25268

  11. #talkcollapse:

    "Antarctica’s most threatened glacier is about be further destabilised, as the floating ice shelf in front of #Thwaites glacier is set to break away."

    Fun fact: it's called "the doomsday glacier" 🤩
    newscientist.com/article/25268

  12. The ‘doomsday’ glacier’s giant ice shelf is about to break away

    https://www.newscientist.com/article/2526826-the-doomsday-glaciers-giant-ice-shelf-is-about-to-break-away/

    The floating ice shelf of world’s widest glacier – #Thwaites glacier in #Antarctica – is detaching, with worrying implications for global sea-level rise

  13. The ‘doomsday’ glacier’s giant ice shelf is about to break away

    https://www.newscientist.com/article/2526826-the-doomsday-glaciers-giant-ice-shelf-is-about-to-break-away/

    The floating ice shelf of world’s widest glacier – #Thwaites glacier in #Antarctica – is detaching, with worrying implications for global sea-level rise

  14. Neue #Forschung zeigt, dass warmes Meerwasser den starken Rückgang des westantarktischen Eisschildes seit der letzten #Eiszeit ausgelöst hat. Die Studie rekonstruiert Meerestemperaturen bis zu 18.000 Jahre zurück und warnt, dass sich auch heute warmes Tiefenwasser unter das #Eis schiebt. Das bedroht die Stabilität des #Thwaites-Gletschers. #Antarktis

    ➡️bas.ac.uk/news/warm-ocean-wate

  15. Neue #Forschung zeigt, dass warmes Meerwasser den starken Rückgang des westantarktischen Eisschildes seit der letzten #Eiszeit ausgelöst hat. Die Studie rekonstruiert Meerestemperaturen bis zu 18.000 Jahre zurück und warnt, dass sich auch heute warmes Tiefenwasser unter das #Eis schiebt. Das bedroht die Stabilität des #Thwaites-Gletschers. #Antarktis

    ➡️bas.ac.uk/news/warm-ocean-wate

  16. Forschende beenden ihre Feldoperation am #Thwaites-Gletscher in der #Westantarktis, nachdem die Instrumente der Heißwasserbohrung in der finalen Phase im Eis stecken blieben. Ziel der Mission war es, ozeanografische Langzeit-Sensoren für kontinuierliche Messungen unter dem Gletscher zu installieren. Die bis dahin gewonnenen Daten über warmes, turbulentes Ozeanwasser unter dem Gletscher sind dennoch wertvoll und helfen künftigen #Expeditionen. #Antarktis

    Zum Artikel: bas.ac.uk/media-post/update-fr

  17. Forschende beenden ihre Feldoperation am #Thwaites-Gletscher in der #Westantarktis, nachdem die Instrumente der Heißwasserbohrung in der finalen Phase im Eis stecken blieben. Ziel der Mission war es, ozeanografische Langzeit-Sensoren für kontinuierliche Messungen unter dem Gletscher zu installieren. Die bis dahin gewonnenen Daten über warmes, turbulentes Ozeanwasser unter dem Gletscher sind dennoch wertvoll und helfen künftigen #Expeditionen. #Antarktis

    Zum Artikel: bas.ac.uk/media-post/update-fr

  18. #FYI #HerbSimmens #ClimateEmergencyForum #PaulBeckwith #Thwaites #glacier #Antarctica #SeaLevelRise

    "three leading voices behind the Seabed Curtain Project exploring whether a seabed‑anchored curtain could slow the warm ocean water melting Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier and delay up to several meters of global sea level rise."

    youtube.com/watch?v=SasKEzVkk7A

    #climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #polycrisis

  19. #FYI #HerbSimmens #ClimateEmergencyForum #PaulBeckwith #Thwaites #glacier #Antarctica #SeaLevelRise

    "three leading voices behind the Seabed Curtain Project exploring whether a seabed‑anchored curtain could slow the warm ocean water melting Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier and delay up to several meters of global sea level rise."

    youtube.com/watch?v=SasKEzVkk7A

    #climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #polycrisis

  20. Umgekippte Eisberge am #Thwaites-Gletscher in der #Antarktis lösen hunderte „Gletscherbeben“ aus. Mit regionalen seismischen Daten wurden bislang 362 Ereignisse seit 2010 erfasst. Diese Erdbeben zeigen, wie Eis vom Kontinent ins Meer gelangt und helfen, das Verhalten der Gletscher und den #Meeresspiegelanstieg besser zu verstehen.
    Zur Studie: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.co

  21. Umgekippte Eisberge am #Thwaites-Gletscher in der #Antarktis lösen hunderte „Gletscherbeben“ aus. Mit regionalen seismischen Daten wurden bislang 362 Ereignisse seit 2010 erfasst. Diese Erdbeben zeigen, wie Eis vom Kontinent ins Meer gelangt und helfen, das Verhalten der Gletscher und den #Meeresspiegelanstieg besser zu verstehen.
    Zur Studie: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.co

  22. Im #Thwaites-Gletscher in der #Antarktis breiten sich Risse schneller aus als erwartet.

    Neue Daten zeigen, dass nicht nur Schmelze, sondern auch innere Spannungen den #Eisverlust antreiben. Besonders betroffen ist das #Ostschelfeis, dessen Stabilität stark abnimmt. Ein Kollaps könnte den #Meeresspiegel langfristig deutlich ansteigen lassen. Die Veränderungen wirken bereits über große Distanzen und schwächen weitere Eisflächen.

    ecoticias.com/en/scientists-wa

    #Eisschmelze #Klimakrise #climatechange

  23. Im #Thwaites-Gletscher in der #Antarktis breiten sich Risse schneller aus als erwartet.

    Neue Daten zeigen, dass nicht nur Schmelze, sondern auch innere Spannungen den #Eisverlust antreiben. Besonders betroffen ist das #Ostschelfeis, dessen Stabilität stark abnimmt. Ein Kollaps könnte den #Meeresspiegel langfristig deutlich ansteigen lassen. Die Veränderungen wirken bereits über große Distanzen und schwächen weitere Eisflächen.

    ecoticias.com/en/scientists-wa

    #Eisschmelze #Klimakrise #climatechange

  24. 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."

    Read more:
    wired.com/story/the-doomsday-g

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/fNNm0

    #DoomsdayGlacier #GlobalWarming #SeaLevelRise #Oiligarchy #ClimateChangeIsRead #ClimateScience #Thwaites #GlobalSeaLevelRise

  25. 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."

    Read more:
    wired.com/story/the-doomsday-g

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/fNNm0

    #DoomsdayGlacier #GlobalWarming #SeaLevelRise #Oiligarchy #ClimateChangeIsRead #ClimateScience #Thwaites #GlobalSeaLevelRise

  26. Neue Studie zeigt, dass “Ozeanstürme“ unter den antarktischen Schelfeisen das Abschmelzen deutlich beschleunigen. Turbulente Strömungen transportieren warmes Wasser tief unter den #Thwaites-Gletscher und den #Pine-Island-Gletscher. Dort erzeugen sie einen positiven Rückkopplungseffekt. Durch den #Klimawandel können diese Stürme häufiger und intensiver im Ozean werden - ein bislang unterschätzter Faktor im #Meerespiegelanstieg. #Antarktis

    Zum Artikel: scripps.ucsd.edu/news/undersea

  27. Neue Studie zeigt, dass “Ozeanstürme“ unter den antarktischen Schelfeisen das Abschmelzen deutlich beschleunigen. Turbulente Strömungen transportieren warmes Wasser tief unter den #Thwaites-Gletscher und den #Pine-Island-Gletscher. Dort erzeugen sie einen positiven Rückkopplungseffekt. Durch den #Klimawandel können diese Stürme häufiger und intensiver im Ozean werden - ein bislang unterschätzter Faktor im #Meerespiegelanstieg. #Antarktis

    Zum Artikel: scripps.ucsd.edu/news/undersea

  28. Der #Thwaites Gletscher in der #Antarktis zählt zu den größten weltweit und verliert jährlich rund 50 Milliarden Tonnen Eis.

    Die Ursache ist wärmeres #Meerwasser, das das Eis von unten schmilzt und verstärkte #Kalbungen auslöst. Der Gletscher trägt aktuell etwa 4 Prozent zum globalen #Meeresspiegelanstieg bei.

    Ein vollständiger Kollaps könnte den Meeresspiegel um bis zu 65 Zentimeter steigen lassen.

    copernicus.eu/en/media/image-d

    #Klimawandel #Gletscher #Satellitenbilder #Science #Erderwrämung