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Researchers Observe Large Cracks Throughout Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’
Thanks to a skinny, torpedo-shaped robot, scientists have been able to better observe the forces eroding Antarctica’s Thwaites glacier, aka the ‘doomsday glacier’ that could rapidly raise sea levels if it melts.
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Antarctica Is in Trouble
Antarctica is home to 90% of the world’s freshwater, trapped in the continent’s massive ice sheets — and the stability of much of that ice is seriously at risk from global warming. Two studies published in the journal Nature this week take a look at how climate change is shaking up conditions in ice sheets…