Global warming is causing the rapid melting of Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier,' with evidence suggesting the retreat began in the 1940s due to natural climate variability. The glacier's collapse could have catastrophic consequences.
West Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier —known as the “doomsday glacier” for the potentially catastrophic consequences of its hypothetical collapse — began rapidly retreating at an earlier date than scientists had previously known, according to a new study https://t.co/iSH8Yc2rNs https://t.co/o9KuFqA4QV
Antarctica's "Doomsday" Glacier has been rapidly retreating since the 1940s, decades earlier than first thought. And it was likely kickstarted by a strong El Niño event, according to a @PNASNews study. Here's why all eyes are on this glacier. https://t.co/7ATjc6Q9fZ https://t.co/6C9GTqtDeu
A new study contradicted the climate narrative yesterday, reporting that the so-called 'Doomsday glacier' started retreating because of an El Niño 80 years ago. https://t.co/PvCHANiXOt Although the AP's Seth Borenstein @borenbears has hysteriated about the 'Doomsday glacier'… https://t.co/wR6Xrx0khQ
Even more bad news for @jeffgoodell's 'Doomsday glacier' idiocy: Another new study reports that the West Antarctic ice sheet fell 480 meters in elevation over 200 years (an astounding rate of almost 2.5 meters/year) about 8,000 years ago when atmospheric CO2 was even below… https://t.co/aaAjLYRjwL
New discovery suggests significant glacial retreat in West Antarctica began in 1940s @PNASNews https://t.co/CmRHi87M35
Climate hysteric @JeffGoodell is credited with coining the term "Doomsday glacier" for the Thwaites glacier in this @RollingStone article. https://t.co/WPxmKpjS6a Now he can be credited with getting the story wrong and launching baseless fear. A new study published today… https://t.co/NWoLVpQcHx
The 'Doomsday Glacier' is rapidly melting. Scientists now have evidence for when it started and why https://t.co/a3x3e1QEnt
The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is rapidly melting. Scientists now have evidence for when it started and why - CNN https://t.co/Xrxy28HdVa
'Doomsday glacier' climate narrative wrecked by new study. Natural variability (a 1940s El Niño event) kicked off the ongoing Thwaites (so-called 'Doomsday') glacier retreat: "The glacier retreat in the Amundsen Sea was initiated by natural climate variability in the 1940s .… https://t.co/ziAxHvTuXh
Global warming means many of the world’s ancient rivers of ice will be gone within decades, threatening ecosystems that rely on their meltwater, a looming crisis that photographer Edward Burtynsky highlights in his work. https://t.co/So4VUX2Wah