An interview with David Holland, an atmospheric scientist at New York University, shows how quickly the Thwaites Glacier is melting. The West Antarctica ice shelf is known as the "Doomsday Glacier" because it could melt in a few decades and raise sea levels by several feet.
Holland told the pub that it could fall apart in decades or centuries. The only way to know that is through this research.
Holland is on an icebreaking ship in the sea and he wants to study the Thwaites' grounding line, which is where the ice meets the seafloor. Scientists will be able to tell how fast the ice is melting, and if it is melting from underneath as well.
NASA said in a report that the sea ice loss in Western Antarctic was inevitable. Researchers found that the iceberg was more unstable than they had thought. Holland's team is trying to find out how long we have.
Twice the ice.
Fresh water is being dumped near penguin populations just as the Thwaites may unleash inland ice into the ocean. According to a new study, the world's largest ice cube was A-68a, which shattered into nearly a dozen mini-bergs.
The fresh water flushed into the ocean by the busted-up A-68a could affect the environment and marine life in unexpected and deadly ways.
Icebergs impact the physical and biological properties of the ocean where they drift, depending on the degree of melting. Our results could help to model the breakdown of other large tabular Icebergs.
It is hard not to see how urgent climate reform is. Save the penguins, and save ourselves.
Scientists say that a mass extinction event has begun.
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