Antarctica : What happens if the 'Doomsday' Glacier collapses?

Antarctica is home to some of the world's largest ice sheets and glaciers. They existed in a stable equilibrium of ebb and flow for millions of years until global warming started to melt them faster than the snow falls could replenish their ice. Now a new US / UK research collaboration has discovered that the rate of melt is even worse than scientists feared. What's driving this latest acceleration, and can we slow it down?

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Research Links
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-51097309

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-12808-z/figures/2

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/13/antarctic-temperature-rises-above-20c-first-time-record

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/02/13/antarctica-hottest-temperature-70-degrees/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532650-900-antarcticas-doomsday-glacier-is-melting-can-we-save-it-in-time/

https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2749/ramp-up-in-antarctic-ice-loss-speeds-sea-level-rise/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rising-sea-levels-on-track-to-destroy-homes-of-300-million-people-by-2050/

https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2020/january/scientists-find-record-warm-water-in-antarctica--pointing-to-cau.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/extreme-coastal-flooding-sea-level-rise-europe/

https://www.noaa.gov/news/january-2020-was-earth-s-hottest-january-on-record

https://www.newscientist.com/term/thwaites-glacier/

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https://sealevel.climatecentral.org/maps/google-earth-video-global-cities-at-risk-from-sea-level-rise

https://nsidc.org/data/velmap/pine_getz/thwaites/thwaites_pt.html

https://nsidc.org/nsidc-highlights/2019/01/international-thwaites-glacier-collaboration


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