Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' is Collapsing from Underneath
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Antarctica's Thwaites glacier’s giant ice shelf is about to break away. This floating ice shelf of world’s widest glacier breaking away poses extremely concerning implications for global sea-level rise. 0:00 Thwaites AKA the Doomsday Glacier 01:26 Inverted Topography 02:56 Mechanics of Under Ice Destruction 04:10 ICEFIN 05:40 The Imminent Fracture 07:37 Desperate Countermeasures 08:42 Climate Change and Super El Niño Sources: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2526826-the-doomsday-glaciers-giant-ice-shelf-is-about-to-break-away/ https://thwaitesglacier.org/ Along the East African Rift, the African continent is gradually splitting in two, as the large Nubian plate pulls away from the smaller Somali plate. Over time, this gradual separation will give rise to an entirely new ocean basin. 9:45 Africa is Splitting - The Breaking Point 10:10 The Continental Conveyor Belt 12:30 The African Superplume 14:00 The "Necking" Phase 15:55 The Vault of Human History 17:53 Earth’s Most Extreme
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