The Inertia: 6-Year Study Finds the ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Is On the Road to a Disastrous Collapse…

Read about a six year study on the Thwaites glacier: #antarctica #thwaitesglacier #westantarctica #sealevelrise #climatechange #globalwarming

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2024/10/04/the-inertia-6-year-study-finds-the-doomsday-glacier-is-on-the-road-to-a-disastrous-collapse/

When will the Antarctic ice sheet collapse? – Earth.com…

In a recent breakthrough study involving more than 50 global climate researchers, we now have a clearer projection of how carbon emissions may influence the degeneration of Antarctica’s ice sheet over the next three centuries... earth.com #antarctica #icesheets #icesheetcollapse #globalwarming #climatechange #westantarctica #glaciers #climatescience #carbonemissions

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2024/09/16/when-will-the-antarctic-ice-sheet-collapse-earth-com/

Underwater mapping reveals new insights into melting of Antarctica’s ice shelves…

An ice shelf is a mass of glacial ice, fed from land by tributary glaciers, that floats in the sea above an ice shelf cavity. Dotson Ice Shelf is part of the West Antarctic ice sheet—and next to Thwaites Glacier—which is considered to have a potentially large impact on future sea level rise due to its size and location... Phys.org #antarctica #iceshelf #icesheets #glaciers #westantarctica…

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2024/08/01/underwater-mapping-reveals-new-insights-into-melting-of-antarcticas-ice-shelves/

The Dutch were already fucked, but now they are even more. But who cares about the Dutch, let's concentrate on the disasters going to happen in Bangladesh and other critical locations in the Global South.

Dr. Gilbz: *Antarctica might raise sea levels more than we thought*

https://youtube.com/watch?v=7THoXri-kdg

"The West Antarctic is currently chucking a load of ice into the ocean, adding rapidly to sea levels. And now, three new scientific studies have shown that the ice sheets may be more sensitive to warming than previously thought. These new findings could revise our sea level rise estimates upwards. I spoke to Dr Alex Bradley, who was involved in two of these new studies, about what this means, and why it doesn’t mean we should give up on climate action. Speaking of which... "

#antartica #WestAntarctica #Antarchisma #ClimateCrisis #seaLevelRise #seaLevel

Interesting story at The Atlantic
https://apple.news/AkxE3RPGzQxS4784jAoZvsg
about a #geoengineering idea to prevent #SeaLevelRise by grounding glaciers.

Inspired by the history of the Kamb Glacier:

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2006GL026430

Slawek Tulaczyk wonders if the same could be deployed for #thwaites
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-geoengineering-save-the-world-s-ice/

Invest billions to keep #WestAntarctica buttress glaciers grounded to save trillions from rising seas?

Or
Technofantasy (as Twila Moon says) distracting from the real work of reducing GHG emissions?

Ocean water is rushing miles underneath the ‘#DoomsdayGlacier’ with potentially dire impacts on #SeaLevelRise

By Laura Paddison, CNN
Published May 22, 2024

"The #ThwaitesGlacier in #WestAntarctica — nicknamed the 'Doomsday Glacier' because its collapse could cause catastrophic sea level rise — is the world’s widest glacier and roughly the size of Florida. It’s also #Antarctica’s most vulnerable and unstable glacier, in large part because the land on which it sits slopes downward, allowing ocean waters to eat away at its ice.

"#Thwaites, which already contributes 4% to global #Sea Level rise, holds enough ice to raise sea levels by more than 2 feet. But because it also acts as a natural dam to the surrounding ice in West Antarctica, scientists have estimated its complete collapse could ultimately lead to around 10 feet of sea level rise — a catastrophe for the world’s #coastal communities."

Read more:
https://www.accuweather.com/en/climate/ocean-water-is-rushing-miles-underneath-the-doomsday-glacier-with-potentially-dire-impacts-on-sea-level-rise/1652924

#GlacierMelt #SeaLevel #ClimateCatastrophe