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The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is melting rapidly. Scientists now have evidence of when it started and why

Scientists looked back in time to reconstruct the past life of Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier”; It was given this nickname because its collapse could cause catastrophic sea level rise. They found that it began to retreat rapidly in the 1940s, according to a new study that gives an alarming glimpse of future melting. Thwaites Glacier in… Read More »

The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is melting rapidly. Scientists now have evidence of when it started and why

Scientists looked back in time to reconstruct the past life of Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier”; It was given this nickname because its collapse could cause catastrophic sea level rise. They found that it began to retreat rapidly in the 1940s, according to a new study that gives an alarming glimpse of future melting. Thwaites Glacier in… Read More »