Is Thwaites Still the ‘Doomsday Glacier’? Recent research has led scientists to new conclusions about the fastest melting glacier in Antarctica. Some are reassuring, others the opposite.
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Basically:
- Some melt is guaranteed thanks to the amount of fossil fuels people have burned
- We aren’t yet at the point where we lose all Antarctic ice
- If we continue burning fossil fuels, a meaningful part of ice which is grounded below sea level will break apart and float away to melt later this century