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Warm Seawater Accelerates Melting of Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier

Warm Seawater Accelerates Melting of Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier

A team of glaciologists, led by the University of California, Irvine, has discovered evidence of warm, high-pressure seawater intruding many kilometers beneath the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica. Often referred to as the “Doomsday Glacier,” its vast size and significant melting rate could substantially contribute to global sea level rise if it were to collapse. […]