Alarming Speed of Antarctic Ice Sheet Retreat Revealed in New Studies
TL;DR
A new study has found that the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica retreated hundreds of meters per day during the pre-satellite era, according to data collected from delicate seafloor landforms. The findings add to a growing body of research on the rapid retreat of Antarctic ice sheets, which has significant implications for global sea level rise. The study highlights the importance of understanding grounding line dynamics and seafloor landforms in predicting future ice-sheet behavior.
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- Rapid, buoyancy-driven ice-sheet retreat of hundreds of metres per day Nature.com
- Antarctic ice sheet retreat could happen faster than previously thought The Washington Post
- Climate change: Norwegian seafloor holds clue to Antarctic melting BBC
- Projected Collapse of Crucial Antarctic Current Met With Media Silence FAIR
- Ice sheets can collapse at 600 metres a day, far faster than feared, study finds The Guardian
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