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News About Thwaites (it’s not good)
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Key Points:
- Three recent studies provide new insights into the Thwaites Glacier, highlighting under-ice melting processes and predicting the disintegration of its ice shelf within the next year, with the glacier's collapse potentially occurring over decades to a century.
- Tidal movements, ocean eddies, and feedback loops are accelerating the glacier's melting, while geoengineering solutions remain unlikely; historical climate events like super El Niño have also influenced this system.
- Scientists emphasize the significance of Marine Ice Sheet Instability at Thwaites, distinguishing it from other mechanisms, and stress the urgent need to drastically reduce carbon pollution to mitigate further impacts on the glacier and global climate.
