Don’t mean to alarm you, but there’s a big hole in the world’s most important glacier

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By Eric HolthausJan 31, 2019, 6:16 pm146 ptsTrending
Civilization’s most important glacier has revealed another worrying surprise to scientists. The Thwaites Glacier, the largest outflow channel of the vulnerable West Antarctic Ice Sheet, now has a gigantic subterranean hole. The hollowed-out section is two-thirds the size of Manhattan and 1,000 feet tall —…

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