This Antarctic Glacier threatens 60cm Sea Level Rise in 50 or 500yrs
Thwaites Glacier is an unusually broad and vast glacier. Known as the ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ scientists say it is rapidly melting.
VOA: Sridhar Anandakrishnan is a glaciologist and professor at Penn State University. He explains the danger of global warming’s effect on Thwaites Glacier, with the increased melting from the glacier causing sea level rise across the globe.
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