A study suggests the Thwaites Glacier is melting at an alarming rate but experts believe technological innovations and AI will help us find better answers.
A six-year study reveals the Thwaites Glacier is melting at an accelerating pace. However, experts believe that advancing tech will provide more comprehensive answers.Ever since global warming came to be a part of humanity’s collective conscious around half a century ago, scientists, international organizations and world leaders have been racing against time to mitigate the effects of this looming threat.
According to marine geophysicist Dr Rob Larter, who was part if the ITGC, “Thwaites has been retreating for more than 80 years, accelerating considerably over the past 30 years, and our findings indicate it is set to retreat further and faster.”The major challenge faced by scientists was to overcome the glacier’s remote and harsh environment to employ technological tools and methods.
Icefin dug a roughly 2,000-foot-deep tunnel in the ice and what it recorded surprised the entire ITGC team. Scientists had the opportunity to see the grounding line of the glacier for the first time. A key point of vulnerability is when the ice rises from the seabed and begins to float. According to the findings, the glacier is melting in unexpected ways, with warm ocean water flowing through deep cracks. Under the glacier, a thin layer of cold water acts as isolation.
“But it may be that artificial intelligence will ultimately be the deciding factor that penetrates the uncertainty of the data to give people some kind of a reliable forecast that is worth to making taking action,” added MacAyeal. According to him, artificial intelligence could also be useful for figuring out things that happen only rarely.
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