Ice shelves propping up two major Antarctic glaciers are breaking up
Two of Antarctica's most important glaciers are breaking free from their restraints, a This potentially has major consequences for rising sea levels around the world. The Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers, which sit side-by-side in West Antarctica on the Amundsen Sea, are among the fastest-changing glaciers in the region, already accounting for 5% of global sea-level rise, The Thwaites glacier is of particular concern: The loss of the glacier could trigger the broader collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet, which contains enough ice to ...
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