Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Antarctica’s most threatened glacier is about to be further destabilised, as the floating ice shelf in front of Thwaites glacier is set to break away.
Dubbed the “doomsday glacier”, Thwaites is about the size of Britain, but it is shrinking rapidly and is already responsible for 4 per cent of all global sea-level rise. Worse still, its collapse is expected to set off a domino effect in the entire West Antarctic ice sheet, ultimately resulting in a calamitous sea-level rise of 3.3 metres and changing the coastline of the entire planet.
Tap the link to learn how Antarctica's 'doomsday glacier' collapse may be worse than we thought
newscientist.com/video/2529040-antarcticas-doomsday-glacier-collapse-may-be-worse-than-we-thought
Antarctica’s most threatened glacier is about to be further destabilised, as the floating ice shelf in front of Thwaites glacier is set to break away.
Dubbed the “doomsday glacier”, Thwaites is about the size of Britain, but it is shrinking rapidly and is already responsible for 4 per cent of all global sea-level rise. Worse still, its collapse is expected to set off a domino effect in the entire West Antarctic ice sheet, ultimately resulting in a calamitous sea-level rise of 3.3 metres and changing the coastline of the entire planet.
Tap the link to learn how Antarctica's 'doomsday glacier' collapse may be worse than we thought
newscientist.com/video/2529040-antarcticas-doomsday-glacier-collapse-may-be-worse-than-we-thought
