Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier" is set to retreat "further and faster," scientists warn
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The outlook for "Doomsday Glacier" just got gloomier.
Scientists are warning the Antarctic Ice Sheet, known formally as the Thwaites Glacier, will deteriorate "further and faster" and that sea level rise triggered by the melting could impact "hundreds of millions" in coastal communities.
"Towards the end of this century, or into the next century, it is very probable that we will see a rapid increase in the amount of ice coming off of Antarctica," said Dr. Ted Scambos, a glaciologist at the University of Colorado. "The Thwaites is pretty much doomed."
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