but a six-year investigation into the future of Thwaites adds yet another layer of proof that the massive slab of ice is on ...

A United Nations climate change panel predicted in a worst case scenario the melting and eventual collapse of Antarctic ice sheets like the Thwaites Glacier—dubbed the Doomsday Glacier—would ...

But it's possible that catastrophic ice-sheet collapse could happen in the foreseeable future, and the processes that could trigger it at the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica — one of the ...

Already, ice draining from Thwaites into the Amundsen Sea accounts for about four percent of global sea level rise. A collapse of the glacier would lead to a significant increase in sea levels of ...

Scientists caution that the collapse or significant retreat of Thwaites Glacier could trigger a domino effect, accelerating the flow of ice from West Antarctica into the ocean, potentially ...

So some other scientists think that if the entire Thwaites glacier were to collapse, it could destabilize surrounding glaciers on the Antarctic ice sheet as well. If one goes, they could all go ...

Their goal is to investigate the implications of a major glacier collapse on future sea level rise. Scientists know already that Thwaites Glacier, which is twice the size of the UK, accounts for ...