The Doomsday Glacier Is Getting Closer and Closer to Irreversible Collapse
Crack growth in Thwaites Glacier's eastern ice shelf has weakened its anchorage to a mid-ocean ridge, accelerating upstream ice flow and destabilizing the glacier.
Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' is on the verge of COLLAPSING
Underwater submesoscale vortexes are melting Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers from below, increasing ice-shelf thinning and raising risks of accelerated sea-level rise.
U.S. Researchers May Never Probe Deep into Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier' Again Without This Ship
'Only one vessel—the U.S. research icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer—has successfully penetrated the area's phalanx of sea ice...to reach a critical location on Thwaites, widely considered the world's most dangerous glacier.'