They will also determine the future of an audacious idea to slow its demise. Right now, warm water is barely cresting the ...

Scientists to drill into Antarctica’s fragile ‘Doomsday Glacier’ that poses threat to world’s oceans - Researchers have never ...

That’s what scientists are studying, currently, at Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier – aka the “Doomsday Glacier – which can ...

The ocean end of the Thwaites Glacier is being hit by various earthquakes, which can increase the sea levels rapidly if the ice collapses.

Thwaites is considered one of the most critical glaciers on Earth due to its sheer size and its role in holding back large parts of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. If the glacier were to collapse ...

Researchers studied the cracks in the shear zone over the span of two decades. They discovered that the fracturing happened in two phases. According to the study, long shear fractures would expand, ...

Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is known as the 'Doomsday Glacier' because if it collapses, it will cause global sea levels to ...

Scientists aim to bore half a mile through the ice and place instruments in the warming ocean waters below, giving the world ...

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Researchers in Antarctica think they might have been missing an essential part of the puzzle when it comes to melting ...

Debangshu Banerjee, a recent graduate of the Centre for Earth Observation Sciences at the University of Manitoba, with Dr. Karen Alley of the same center and Dr. David Lilien of Indiana University ...

Part of Pine Island Glacier collapsed several years ago, forming an unstable inlet where no ship had sailed. Until now.