Study shows Thwaites Glacier’s ice loss may not progress as quickly as thought

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The melt rate of West Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier is an important concern because this glacier alone is currently responsible for about 1 percent of global sea level rise. A new NASA study finds that Thwaites’ ice loss will continue, but not quite as rapidly as previous studies have estimated. The new study, published in the […]

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May 31, 2017 at 11:46PM