Tag: Sea level

Thwaites Doomsday Glacier in West Antarctica may be retreating faster than originally thought due to mechanisms beneath its floating ice shelf. A new study uses data from an international expedition and the underwater robot Icefin to provide a close-up look at melting beneath the glacier. Thwaites 'Doomsday Glacier' Melts Faster Than Expected Melting beneath much of the ice shelf is weaker than projected, but melting in fractures and crevasses is significantly faster, according to observations from where the ice joins the ocean. This means that, despite minor melting, glaciers continue to retreat rapidly....