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"The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is melting faster than scientists thought"
#Glacier #Climate #ClimateChange

The ‘doomsday’ glacier is melting faster than scientists thought
Miles of seawater are flowing under Thwaites Glacier, undermining an Antarctic ice sheet and threatening rapid sea level rise.

Warmer oceans might cause #glaciers to break apart more quickly.
A 6.5-mile #crack formed in 2012 on Pine Island Glacier— a retreating ice shelf that holds back the larger West Antarctic ice sheet — in about 5 and a half minutes.
The rift opened at about 115 feet per second, or about💥 80 miles per hour.💥

The 80 MPH Glacier Fracture: A Wake-Up Call From Antarctica
There’s enough water frozen in Greenland and Antarctic glaciers that if they melted, global seas would rise by many feet. What will happen to these glaciers over the coming decades is the biggest unknown in the future of rising seas, partly because glacier fracture physics is not yet fully understoo

"Venezuela had six #glaciers in the Sierra Nevada, located about 16,000 feet above sea level. By 2011, five had already disappeared...
#Scientists believe [Humboldt Glacier's] disappearance makes #Venezuela

'A great sadness': Venezuela is first Andean country to lose of all its glaciers
Scientists explain the loss of the Humboldt Glacier in Venezuela's Sierra Nevada, which they believe makes the South American country the first in modern history to lose all its glaciers.

"Snow joke: Icelandic glacier makes presidential bid"
#Iceland #Glacier #Climate #ClimateChange

Snow joke: Icelandic glacier makes presidential bid - Positive News
The campaign to put Snæfellsjökull on the ballot, though ultimately unsuccessful, has boosted awareness of environmental stewardship

Today is the @… spring meeting. Just had a quick look at this game and it's so cool. Can't wait to try out at home...
#Education | Embark on Expedition Sea Level, a digital interactive activity to learn about the links between #SeaLevelRise, #glacier and ice sheet melting, and human activities
Play! https://protect-slr.eu/expedition-sea-level/