https://futurism.com/the-byte/scientists-discover-doomsday-glacier-more-unstable-than-ever

WARM WATERS PUT THE GLACIER AT RISK OF COMPLETELY COLLAPSING.

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Doomed Doomsday Glacier

Researchers studied the waters underneath the Thwaites Glacier (aka the “Doomsday Glacier”) and have discovered that the ice shelf is melting faster than they previously thought.

Scientists utilized an uncrewed submersible known as “Ran” to explore the underside of the glacier in Western Antarctica,according toSciTechDaily.There they discovered that the warm waters flowing underneath is wearing away at the glacier at a faster rate than they anticipated, creating cracks and fissures in the ice.

This poses a glacier-sized problem: If the ice shelf collapses, we could all see a massive rise in global sea levels (that’s why it’s called theDoomsdayGlacier).

The researcherspublished a study of their findings inScience Advances.

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Warm Waters Run Deep

The Thwaites Glacier is roughly 119,300 square miles big,according toGizmodo