This is and should be one of the most pressing problems facing humanity.
The breakup of the Thwaites ice shelf will change the course of human history.
We are in a climate emergency.
The breakup of the Thwaites ice shelf will change the course of human history.
We are in a climate emergency.
https://twitter.com/Laurie_Garrett/status/1470487847660670992
A short summary:
Scientists have found a network of cracks beneath a previously-stable ice shelf abutting the Thwaites glacier, and now think the shelf could shatter in 3 to 5 years.
That would triple the rate of ice loss from Thwaites, the "doomsday glacier".
Scientists have found a network of cracks beneath a previously-stable ice shelf abutting the Thwaites glacier, and now think the shelf could shatter in 3 to 5 years.
That would triple the rate of ice loss from Thwaites, the "doomsday glacier".
Almost five years ago, I wrote a feature story on Thwaites, and called it "one of the most important scientific questions facing the world today":
grist.org/article/antarc…
grist.org/article/antarc…
Over the past five years, an unprecedented scientific campaign has focused an unprecedented amount of attention on this enormous threat. Today's news is some of the most alarming yet — though the scientific community is still deeply divided over its fate. rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
After five years of intense study, the fact that not only have scientists not ruled out the huge threat of Thwaites' eventual collapse due to climate warming, but that the threat has seemingly grown, should be enough to convince all governments to treat climate as an emergency.
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