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  1. ‘What happened in the past is likely to recur’

    Researchers analyzing ancient seafloor sediments discovered that West Antarctica’s ice sheet has collapsed and regrown several times over…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #AmundsenSea #Antarcticice #risingsealevels #Science #volcaniceruptions #WestAntarctica
    newsbeep.com/us/403656/

  2. ‘What happened in the past is likely to recur’

    Researchers analyzing ancient seafloor sediments discovered that West Antarctica’s ice sheet has collapsed and regrown several times over…
    #NewsBeep #News #Science #AmundsenSea #Antarcticice #AU #Australia #risingsealevels #volcaniceruptions #WestAntarctica
    newsbeep.com/au/407647/

  3. ‘What happened in the past is likely to recur’

    Researchers analyzing ancient seafloor sediments discovered that West Antarctica’s ice sheet has collapsed and regrown several times over…
    #NewsBeep #News #Science #AmundsenSea #Antarcticice #CA #Canada #risingsealevels #Volcaniceruptions #WestAntarctica
    newsbeep.com/ca/403958/

  4. 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."

    Read more:
    accuweather.com/en/climate/oce

    #GlacierMelt #SeaLevel #ClimateCatastrophe

  5. #ClimateCatastrophe #Glaciers #SeaLevelRise #Antarctica

    (3/n)

    ...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 ...

  6. #ClimateCatastrophe #Glaciers #SeaLevelRise #Antarctica

    (3/n)

    ...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 ...

  7. #ClimateCatastrophe #Glaciers #SeaLevelRise #Antarctica

    (3/n)

    ...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 ...

  8. #ClimateCatastrophe #Glaciers #SeaLevelRise #Antarctica

    (3/n)

    ...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 ...

  9. #ClimateCatastrophe #Glaciers #SeaLevelRise #Antarctica

    (3/n)

    ...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 ...