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Doomsday Glacier’s Ticking Clock: Satellites Reveal “Vigorous Melting” Beneath Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier


Satellite radar data shows substantial seawater intrusion beneath Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier, causing ice to rise and fall. Using high-resolution satellite radar data, a team of glaciologists led by researchers at the University of California, Irvine uncovered evidence of the intrusion of warm

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