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September 9, 2022 11:02 am GMT
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2022/09/09/doomsday-glacier-hanging-on-by-its-fingernails-scientist-says.html
Doomsday glacier "hanging on by its fingernails" scientist says
Good news, everyone. According to Rob Larter, marine geophysicist at the British Antarctic Survey, Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica, nicknamed the "Doomsday" glacier because of its potential catastrophic impact on global sea levels, is experiencing "rapid retreat."
— Read the rest"We should expect to see big changes over small timescales in the futureeven from one year to the nextonce the glacier retreats beyond a shallow ridge in its bed," said Larter in a press release about the study.
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2022/09/09/doomsday-glacier-hanging-on-by-its-fingernails-scientist-says.html
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