Thwaites glacier on the West Antarctic ice sheet NASA/OIB/Jeremy Harbeck
The front of a 鈥渄oomsday glacier鈥 in Antarctica is expected to see 鈥渄ramatic changes鈥 within 10 years that will accelerate its break-up and contribution to sea level rise, according to findings presented at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union on 13 December.
Thwaites glacier is about the size of Great Britain and sheds 50 billion tonnes of ice per year. While that is small in terms of contributing to sea level rise, the tongue of ice is closely watched by researchers because of the buttressing effect it has in…
