Doomsday Glacier: Scientists looked deep beneath Antarctic ice.
WEB1 day ago · Scientists using ice-breaking ships and underwater robots have found the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is melting at an accelerating rate and could be on an irreversible path to collapse ...
Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier" is set to retreat "further and …
WEB22 hours ago · The "Doomsday Glacier," roughly the size of the state of Florida, is one of the largest glaciers in the world. Scientists predict that its collapse could contribute to 65 centimeters, or roughly ...
Never-before-seen shapes up to 1,300 feet long discovered …
WEBJul 31, 2024 · Scientists have discovered never-before-seen patterns beneath a floating ice shelf in Antarctica following an expedition to create the most detailed picture ever of the glacier's underside.
A massive cavern beneath a West Antarctic glacier is teeming with …
WEBApr 21, 2023 · A massive cavern beneath a West Antarctic glacier is teeming with life. Glaciologists bored 500 meters through the Kamb Ice Stream to access the cavern. Surveys conducted in 2016 at West...
Antarctica’s 'doomsday' glacier is heading for catastrophic collapse
WEB1 day ago · A six-year investigation into the vast Thwaites glacier in Antarctica has concluded with a grim outlook on its future. Often dubbed the “doomsday glacier”, this huge mass of ice is the size of ...
Scientists discover hidden landscape "frozen in time" under …
WEBOct 24, 2023 · Glacier experts have warned that some of the world's bigger glaciers could disappear within a generation without a dramatic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
Ocean water is rushing miles underneath the ‘Doomsday Glacier’ …
WEBMay 20, 2024 · CNN — Ocean water is pushing miles beneath Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier,” making it more vulnerable to melting than previously thought, according to new research which used radar data from...
Doomsday may be delayed at Antarctica’s most vulnerable glacier …
WEB1 day ago · The Thwaites Glacier is not expected to collapse by the end of the century, but it still may add 6 centimeters to global sea levels. Rob Larter/British Antarctic Survey. Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier isn’t called the Doomsday Glacier for nothing. Were the Florida-size ice sheet to melt away, it could raise global sea levels by 65 centimeters.
New research on Thwaites Glacier could reshape sea-level rise ...
WEBMay 21, 2024 · A team of scientists say seawater flowing underneath and into gaps in the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is contributing to the melting of the massive ice formation — a potentially ominous sign...
First map of an ice shelf’s bottom reveals mysterious melt ... - Nature
WEBJul 31, 2024 · Ice shelves float atop seawater, fed by tributary glaciers on land that flow towards the ocean. The study describes the belly of the Dotson Ice Shelf, a part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet,...