Thwaites Glacier's outer edge

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Thwaites Glacier's outer edge

Thwaites Glacier's outer edge. As the glacier flows into the ocean, it becomes sea ice and drives up sea-level. Thwaites Glacier's ice is flowing particularly fast, and some researchers believe it may have already tipped into instability or be near that point, though this has not yet been established. Credit: NASA/James Yungel

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Glacier, Thwaites Glacier, Antarctica, Antarctic Research, melting ice caps, Antarctic ice sheet, sea level, sea level rise, rapid sea level rise, glacier sliding, glacier instability, Global Warming, climate change, NASA, NASA satellite-based Earth imaging data, tipping point, ocean warming, Greenland, Greenland glacier, climate forcings, uncertainty, NSF, Iceberg, iceberg calving, flooding, flood, flood barriers, Tidal flooding, Storm Surge, storm surge barriers, coastal engineering, Coastal Flooding, land-supported ice, ice behavior, Ice Shelf, Marine Ice Sheet Instability, West Antarctica, West Antarctic Ice Sheet
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  • Created By: Ben Brumfield
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Jul 8, 2019 - 2:25pm
  • Last Updated: Jan 29, 2020 - 9:17am