Thwaites Glacier (IMAGE)

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Thwaites Glacier

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Ice loss from the Thwaites Glacier in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica, has doubled since the 1990s. The glacier appears to be collapsing due to marine ice-sheet instability.

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NASA

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