If and when the Thwaites Glacier melts, it will result in nearly 0.6 metres of sea level rise, but it holds back another three metres of sea level rise lurking within the Antarctic continent. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
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Thwaites Glacier’s ice shelf appears to be splintering, and scientists fear it could give way in the next few years. A polar scientist takes us on a tour under the ice to explain the forces at work.
Researchers have surveyed an Antarctic under-ice river for the first time directly, and their observations support the idea that such sub-glacial rivers form estuaries as they flow into the ocean.
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Senior Research Scientist, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder
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Associate Science Editor & Co-Host of The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Professor in Ocean Physics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Ocean and Ice Scientist, British Antarctic Survey
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