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Ice world: Antarctica's riskiest glacier is under assault from below and losing its grip

  • Written by Ted Scambos, Senior Research Scientist, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder
imageThe front of Thwaites Glacier is a jagged, towering cliff.David Vaughan/British Antarctic Survey

Flying over Antarctica, it’s hard to see what all the fuss is about. Like a gigantic wedding cake, the frosting of snow on top of the world’s largest ice sheet looks smooth and unblemished, beautiful and perfectly white. Little swirls of...

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