The continent’s ice is melting and raising sea levels worldwide. Our journalists will be sending regular dispatches as they ...
The Araon (pronounced “ah rah own”) is roughly 360 feet long and can break through a meter of flat ice at a speed of three ...
The Thwaites Glacier, located in West Antarctica and popularly nicknamed the “Doomsday Glacier,” holds enough ice to raise ...
Earthquakes recorded under the Thwaites Glacier reveal processes of fracturing and sliding of the ice over the Antarctic bedrock.
The calving front of Thwaites' ice shelf. The blue area is light reflecting off ice below the water. James Yungel/NASA Icebridge Thwaites Glacier drains a huge area of Antarctica’s ice sheet – about ...
Dartmouth oceanographer Yoshihiro Nakayama created a high-resolution model to study the melting of two glaciers in western ...
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'Unavoidable flooding' accelerates as Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier awakens—hundreds of ice quakes detected
Beneath Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier, hundreds of undetected earthquakes have rumbled for over a decade, signaling the ...
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Hundreds of iceberg earthquakes detected at the crumbling end of Antarctica's 'doomsday glacier'
Glacial earthquakes are a special type of earthquake generated in cold, icy regions. First discovered in the Northern ...
Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The Thwaites Glacier is in big trouble. Already losing 50 billon ...
Thwaites, the most studied glacier in the world, commands attention because it is not only the widest in the world at 80 miles but also the shakiest. And ...
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