‘Doomsday Glacier’ is melting faster than we thought. Can a 150-metre wall stop it flooding Earth? | Euronews Newsletter Events Loader Newsletter Events Loader Loader Search
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A global group of scientists, engineers and policy experts has unveiled an ambitious plan to build a wall along the ‘ Doomsday Glacier ’ as flooding fears continue to grow. Located on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, Thwaites Glacier earned its apocalyptical name due to its potential impact on sea levels. Covering a vast 192,000 km², making it comparable in size to Great Britain, the glacier is melting at an unprecedented rate due to human-fuelled climate change. Already, four per cent of the
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