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Topic: Thwaites glacier

Thwaites Glacier (NASA/JPL)

"Doomsday Glacier" began melting in '40s

Matthew Rozsa
Thwaites Glacier (NASA/JPL)

Sea level rise gets real

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Antarctica (Getty Images/Johner Images)

Glacier damage could raise sea level

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FILE - This Nov. 11, 2016 file photo shows Blood Falls, bottom left, and the Taylor Glacier near McMurdo Station, Antarctica. (Mark Ralston/Pool Photo via AP, File) (AP)

Ice to know ya

Eric Holthaus - Grist
This undated handout photo provided by NASA shows the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctic. Two new studies indicate that part of the huge West Antarctic ice sheet is starting a slow collapse in an unstoppable way. Alarmed scientists say that means even more sea level rise than they figured. ((AP Photo/NASA))

Can't hardly Thwaites

Eric Holthaus - Grist