One of the largest glaciers in Antarctica, known as the “Doomsday glacier”, is experiencing dramatic changes and this could have serious consequences for sea level rise in as little as five years.
Scientists are warning that a huge ice shelf, which juts out over the water and is part of the Thwaites glacier, is at risk of breaking off within years.It is so large that scientists in both the United States and United Kingdom identified it as the most important glacier to study to understand sea level rise within this century.
They believe the ice shelf could be at risk of collapsing in as little as five years and if this happens it could accelerate the melting of the glacier. “The glacier in its entirety holds enough water to raise sea level by over two feet ,” Professor Ted Scambos, a senior research scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences has“And it could lead to even more sea level rise, up to 10 feet , if it draws the surrounding glaciers with it.”Prof Scambos is the US lead co-ordinator for the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration, a team of nearly 100 scientists funded by the US and UK to study the glacier.
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