A pencil-shaped robot is giving scientists their first look at the forces eating away at the Thwaites glacier in Antarctica, nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier because it has such massive melt and sea rise potential.
A robot nicknamed Icefin operates under the sea ice near McMurdo Station in Antarctica in 2020. The pencil-shaped robot is giving scientists their first look at the forces eating away at the Thwaites glacier.
Two studies published Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, show the rate of melting isn't as fast as feared, but fracturing is taking the heaviest toll on the glacier. Two studies published Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, show the rate of melting isn't as fast as feared, but fracturing is taking the heaviest toll on the glacier. Scientists got their first up-close look at what’s eating away part of Antarctica’s Thwaites ice shelf, nicknamed
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