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A glacier in West Antarctica, known as “the world’s most dangerous,” could completely melt away and cause a rapid and “catastrophic” sea-level rise, a new study warns.
The study, published in the scientific journal PNAS, notes that the Thwaites Glacier is at a proverbial “tipping point” that could cause a neverending flow of ice into the world’s oceans.
“If you trigger this instability, you don’t need to continue to force the ice sheet by cranking up temperatures. It will keep going by itself, and that’s the worry,” said the study’s lead author and Georgia Tech professor Alex Robel, in a statement. “Climate variations will still be important after that tipping point because they will determine how fast…
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