Doomsday Glacier

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Doomsday Glacier is the ominous nickname for Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, a massive and rapidly melting ice sheet whose potential collapse could significantly raise global sea levels.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf glacier
nickname
scientific research program
bedTopography retrograde slope
buttresses parts of West Antarctic Ice Sheet
climateChangeIndicator yes
collapseCouldDestabilize West Antarctic Ice Sheet NERFINISHED
contributionToGlobalSeaLevelRise significant
country Antarctica NERFINISHED
emptiesInto Amundsen Sea NERFINISHED
focusesOn Thwaites Glacier NERFINISHED
groundingLine retreating
hasApproximateArea ~192000 square kilometers
~74000 square miles
hasApproximateLength ~400 kilometers
hasApproximateWidth 120 kilometers
75 miles
hasIceShelf Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf NERFINISHED
hasNickname Doomsday Glacier NERFINISHED
iceFlowSpeed increasing
iceShelfStatus fracturing
thinning
isLosingMass yes
isOneOf fastest-changing glaciers in Antarctica
largest glaciers in Antarctica
locatedIn West Antarctica NERFINISHED
locatedOn Antarctic Ice Sheet NERFINISHED
massLossDriver atmospheric warming
ocean warming
massLossProcess basal melting
calving of icebergs
monitoredBy airborne surveys
oceanographic measurements
satellite observations
seismology
namedAfter Fredrik Thwaites NERFINISHED
partOf Amundsen Sea Embayment NERFINISHED
potentialLongTermSeaLevelContribution over 10 feet including linked basins
over 3 meters including linked basins
refersTo Thwaites Glacier NERFINISHED
relevanceTo climate policy and adaptation planning
global coastal communities
riskCategory high-impact ice-sheet instability
seaLevelRiskTimeScale centuries
stability potentially unstable
studiedBy International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration NERFINISHED
threatensToRaiseSeaLevelBy over 0.5 meters if it collapses completely
over 2 feet if it collapses completely

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Thwaites Glacier hasNickname Doomsday Glacier