As ‘doomsday’ glacier melts, can an artificial barrier save it?

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By Fred Pearce, Yale Environment 360Sep 2, 2024, 9:00 am138 pts
They call it the Doomsday Glacier. A chunk of Antarctic ice as big as Florida and two thirds of a mile thick, the Thwaites Glacier disgorges into the ocean in a remote region of West Antarctica. Glaciologists say it may be on the verge of total collapse, which could swamp huge areas of low-lying coastal land…

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