The Thwaites Glacier, or as scientists have called it, the Doomsday Glacier, is the size of Great Britain and is breaking off.
A sea-level rise of this nature would threaten the lives of millions of people globally.
That’s how the Thwaites got its Doomsday nickname. Thwaites Glacier in western Antarctica is the widest glacier on earth spanning about 80 miles and extending to a depth of about 2,600 to 3,900 feet.
When Thwaites Glacier collapses, it opens the door for the rest of the West Antarctic ice sheet to slide into the sea. Globally, 250 million people live within three feet of high tide lines.
That’s enough to swamp portions of the Thai capital Bangkok, as well as New Orleans, and cause more frequent flooding in places like New York City.
Ten feet of sea-level rise would be a world-bending catastrophe. It’s not only goodbye to Miami, but goodbye to virtually every low-lying coastal city in the world.
The West Antarctic ice sheet is one of the most important tipping points in the Earth’s climate system. Scientists believe the ice shelf will collapse in a few years.
The “Doomsday Glacier” as its collapse could trigger a cascade of glacial collapse in Antarctica, and the latest research from the frozen continent suggests that doomsday may be coming for the dwindling glacier even sooner than expected.
Warming ocean water is not just melting Thwaites from below; it’s also loosening the glacier’s grip on the submerged seamount below, making it even more unstable.
Thwaites has already lost an estimated 1,000 billion tons of ice since 2000. It now loses approximately 50 billion tons more ice than it receives yearly snowfall.
“Sea levels worldwide would rise by more than 2 feet, and it could lead to even more sea-level rise, up to 10 feet if it draws the surrounding glaciers with it”, said ITGC lead coordinator Ted Scambos, one of the presenters at AGU and a senior research scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences.
Because Thwaites is changing so quickly and could significantly affect global sea-level rise, more than 100 scientists in the United States and the United Kingdom are collaborating on eight research projects to observe the glacier from top to bottom.
Luke 21:11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and diseases; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
Luke 21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Luke 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
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