A new model from UC Irvine and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory suggests Thwaites Glacier could raise global sea levels by as much as 30 millimeters by 2100, double earlier projections even without additional warming, according to a study in Nature Communications. ScienceDaily
ScienceDailyAntarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier” could raise sea levels twice as much as predictedAntarctica’s Thwaites Glacier may be melting twice as much as previously predicted, even without additional global warming. Scientists discovered that warm ocean water is penetrating miles beneath the ice, weakening its foundations and accelerating its retreat. A new model predicts that the glacier
If ice-sheet models have treated the grounding line too narrowly, what other long-held assumptions in sea-level projections deserve a second look?
