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Skinny robot “Icefin” studies Antarctica's melting doomsday glacier

Scientists got their first up-close look at what’s eating away part of Antarctica’s Thwaites ice shelf, nicknamed the “doomsday glacier” because of its massive melt and sea rise potential, and it’s both good and bad news.

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Icefin robot explores doomsday glacier

A robot finds more trouble under the doomsday glacier

Underneath thousands of feet of Thwaites Glacier’s solid ice, a bot filmed peculiar features, where melting is much faster. It’s an ominous sign for rising sea levels.
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