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Doomsday Glacier (Thwaites Glacier)

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Doomsday Glacier (Thwaites Glacier):

A new scientific study has found rapidly increasing ice fractures in the Thwaites Glacier, indicating possible destabilisation pathways for the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.The Thwaites Glacier, popularly called the “Doomsday Glacier”, is one of the largest and fastest-changing glaciers on Earth. It acts as a critical outlet glacier draining ice from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet into the ocean.Situated in West Antarctica, flowing into the Amundsen Sea
Forms part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, one of the most unstable ice masses globally.

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