Thwaites Glacier could contribute twice as much sea-level rise as previously projected

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• Corroborated Satellite observations demonstrate the existence of a 'grounding zone,' sometimes kilometers wide, where warm ocean water is reaching deep underneath the ice sheets and causing vigorous melting." Report
• Corroborated Thwaites Glacier is in the Amundsen Sea Embayment sector of West Antarctica, which accounts for roughly one-third of the mass loss from the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Report
• Corroborated The data indicate that seawater penetrates several kilometers beneath grounded ice and lifts it during tidal cycles, flushing the ice with pressurized, warm seawater being pushed to the Antarctic coastline by currents that have been altered by climate change. Report

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