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Why This Glacier Worries Scientists the Most

NYT > Climate and Environment · Raymond Zhong, Kassie Bracken, Christina Thornell, Jon Miller and Stephanie Swart · last updated
Our climate reporter Raymond Zhong describes how the fast-melting Thwaites Glacier of Antarctica, which we’re visiting, is like a cork in a bottle: If it starts to really disintegrate, many more glaciers around it could do the same, with major consequences for sea levels.