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Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier could lose its ice shelf this year, scientists warn

Dr Robert Larter, marine geophysicist at the British Antarctic Survey, warns that the shelf's breakup is 'very likely to happen sometime this year'.
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The ‘doomsday’ glacier’s giant ice shelf is about to break away

Antarctica’s most threatened glacier is about to be further destabilised, as the floating ice shelf in front of Thwaites glacier is set to break away. “Its final demise could happen suddenly, and to ...
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Scientists concerned after ice shelf collapses in colder area of Antarctica

An ice shelf the size of New York City has collapsed in East Antarctica, an area long thought to be stable and not hit much by climate change, concerned scientists said Friday. The collapse, captured ...

Time-lapse of radar images shows how the Antarctic ice shelf collapses

Pine Island Glacier, one of the fastest-shrinking glaciers in Antarctica, hastened its slide into the sea between 2017 and ...

Six countries at risk from 'Doomsday Glacier' collapse as ice shelf to vanish 'in months'

A huge chunk of Antarctic ice the size of Britain threatens to detach from the frozen continent - leaving some countries at risk of disappearing altogether ...
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Antarctica’s Thwaites glacier ice shelf could collapse within three to five years

Close look at the Thwaites Ice Shelf edge as seen from the IceBridge DC-8 on Oct. 16, 2012. The blue areas of ice are denser, compressed ice. Source – NASA / James Yungel. CC SA 2.0. Scientists have ...
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Ice shelf larger than NYC collapses in East Antarctica after extreme warming

An ice shelf larger than New York City has collapsed in East Antarctica, scientists said Friday. The massive collapse, which was captured by satellite images, was the first in the region. East ...