Doomsday Glacier Bombarded by Earthquakes

"Hundreds of earthquakes have been detected rattling Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier, also known as the Doomsday Glacier - the disintegration of which could send between two and 10 feet of devastating flooding to coastal communities worldwide. This stunning finding, published in a new study in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, suggests that this gigantic behemoth of ice, which is almost as big as the island of Great Britain,"

"To keep an eye on its imminent collapse, Australian National University seismologist Thanh-Son Phạm suggests in the paper that a dedicated seismic network be located and maintained on the icy continent to "monitor glacial dynamics, which may evolve abruptly in the coming decades or even years." The risk is high; Phạm detected a total of 362 previously unrecognized seismic events between 2010 and 2023, and they mostly occurred in the West Antarctic region,"

Hundreds of earthquakes have been detected at Thwaites Glacier, indicating instability that could produce two to ten feet of coastal flooding worldwide if the ice disintegrates. A seismologist at the Australian National University recommends a dedicated seismic network in Antarctica to monitor rapidly evolving glacial dynamics. Researchers identified 362 previously unrecognized seismic events from 2010–2023, mostly in West Antarctica, and developed an algorithm to detect wave patterns from Antarctic seismic monitors. They attributed 245 events to Thwaites Glacier, likely caused by iceberg calving. Antarctic glacier earthquakes tend to be lower magnitude and remain poorly understood due to sparse observational data.

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