I chatted with Patrick Pester at LiveScience about the impending demise of the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf, future change to Thwaites Glacier itself and the implications for sea-level rise.
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/antarctica/the-doomsday-glacier-is-poised-to-lose-its-ice-shelf-this-year-an-antarctic-researcher-explains-what-that-means-for-global-sea-levels
#Antarctica #sealevel #ThwaitesGlacier
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