Nonilex · @Nonilex
374 followers · 1036 posts · Server masto.ai“It also does not change forecasts that the #collapse of the shelf & the #glacier it is part of would lead to about 2’ of rise over several centuries.
“The research ‘is telling us a lot more about the processes that drive retreat on #Thwaites,’ said one of the scientists, Peter E.D. Davis, an oceanographer w/the #BritishAntarcticSurvey. The findings, published Wednesday in the journal #Nature, will be used to refine models….”
#collapse #glacier #thwaites #britishantarcticsurvey #nature #climatecrisis #climatechange #shelfcollapse #iceshelf
Nonilex · @Nonilex
374 followers · 1035 posts · Server masto.ai
Scientists lowered the #IcefinRobot by cable into the #ocean below the #ThwaitesIceShelf in #Antarctica to get a look beneath the a troubling #IceShelf
A robot lowered through the ice reveals how the #Thwaites shelf is melting, which will help forecast its effect on global #SeaLevel.
By Henry Fountain
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ShelfCollapse #SeaLevelRise
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/15/climate/thwaites-antarctica-melting-robot.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#icefinrobot #ocean #thwaitesiceshelf #antarctica #iceshelf #thwaites #sealevel #climatecrisis #climatechange #shelfcollapse #sealevelrise