The Thwaites Glacier, also known as the “Doomsday” glacier in Antarctica, the most dangerous glacier in the World Ocean, has begun active movement. He writes about this “Komsomolskaya Pravda».
The cause is warm ocean water, which erodes the bottom of the glacier and causes cracks.
The glacier's area is almost equivalent to the size of the UK, and according to scientists, its complete destruction could lead to a sea level rise of at least 60 centimeters, and in the worst case, between 3 and 5 meters. This will be the driving force that leads to the melting of other glaciers and catastrophic climate change on the planet.
New Zealand is organizing a month-long expedition to explore the edge of the glacier using radar and sensors.
Previously, the head of the Hydrometeorological Center, Roman Vilfand, in a conversation with Lenta.ru, called 2025 one of the warmest years in history. The average temperature over the past three years on the planet (2023-2025) has exceeded 1.5 degrees, i.e. the trend of increasing global temperatures is clear.
