The future of one of Antarctica's most iconic glaciers could be far more dramatic than scientists previously thought. Using satellite calibrated ice sheet models, a team of researchers from the University of Edinburgh found that the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica could be shedding 180–200 gigatonnes of ice per year by 2067—a rate roughly comparable to the entire Antarctic ice sheet's current mass loss. That would represent a stunning acceleration in ice loss from a single glacier and underlines urgent concerns about future contributions to sea level rise.
  • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    19 hours ago

    Woke liberal propaganda.

    • American textbooks, soon.

    Even my Dad is talking about how this is all stupid, and even if it isn’t, geoengineering is going to fix it. Gah, the world is fucking nuts.

  • 5715@feddit.orgEnglish
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    19 hours ago

    I dropped out after researching about marine ice sheet instability some years ago, but that the entire West Antarctic ice sheet could collapse (3.3m SLR), that there’s nothing that can be done about it once it’s in motion and that the intensity of climate change is moderating the pace of that melting is still giving me the chills.