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Thwaites glacier in Antarctica could collapse soon

Doomsday glacier in Antarctica could collapse soon: new research

New data suggests a massive collapse of the ice shelf in as little as five years. “We are dealing with an event that no human has ever witnessed,” says one scientist. “We have no analog for this.”

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After decades of losing ice, Antarctica is now hemorrhaging it
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After decades of losing ice, Antarctica is now hemorrhaging it

Global warming has already cost the continent 2.7 trillion tons of mass.
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