This is why Thwaites is known as the doomsday glacier—and why scientists are eager to understand just how likely such a collapse is, when it could happen, and if we have the power to stop it.

Scientists have some wild ideas to slow sea-level rise caused by melting ice. Glaciers generally move so slowly you can’t see ...

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 ...

The collapse of Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier — often dubbed the "Doomsday Glacier" — could trigger rapid sea level rise, affecting millions in coastal cities worldwide. As Bryan Mroczka said in 2024 ...

Funding for the National Science Foundation, which finances research at US bases on the icy continent, has already been ...

Several houses and hotels have been damaged due to the collapse of a glacier on Lake Saiful Mlook Road in Naran, a popular tourist destination in the Kaghan Valley. Currently, the region is buried ...

Since the satellite recording of ocean height began in 1993, the rate of annual sea level rise has more than doubled. Global sea levels rose faster than expected in 2024 as the world experienced ...