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Researchers found evidence of widespread seawater intrusions beneath the grounded ice of Thwaites Glacier and warns that it could accelerate catastrophic sea level rise in 10 to 20 years!


<p>For the first time, there is visible evidence showing that warm seawater is pumping underneath Antarctica&rsquo;s Thwaites Glacier&mdash;ominously nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier.</p> <p>An international team of scientists&mdash;including a researcher from the University of Waterloo&mdash;observed it using satellite imagery and warns that it could accelerate catastrophic sea level rise in 10 to 20 years.&nbsp;</p>

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