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Glacial melting in Antarctica may become irreversible

Glacial melting in Antarctica may become irreversible

SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: July 9, 2019 SNIP: Antarctica faces a tipping point where glacial melting will accelerate and become irreversible even if global heating eases, research suggests. A Nasa-funded study found instability in the Thwaites glacier meant there...
Huge cavity in Antarctic glacier signals rapid decay

Huge cavity in Antarctic glacier signals rapid decay

SOURCE: NASA and Science Alert DATE: January 30, 2019 SNIP: A gigantic cavity – two-thirds the area of Manhattan and almost 1,000 feet (300 meters) tall – growing at the bottom of Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica is one of several disturbing discoveries...
Ice Apocalypse

Ice Apocalypse

SOURCE: Grist DATE: November 21, 2017 SNIP: The glaciers of Pine Island Bay are two of the largest and fastest-melting in Antarctica. (A Rolling Stone feature earlier this year dubbed Thwaites “The Doomsday Glacier.”) Together, they act as a plug holding back enough...