Natural History Wanderings

CNN  reports

As the rapidly heating planet alters the landscape of the Arctic region up north, scientists have discovered disturbing and alarming signs at the southern end of the planet, particularly in one of the ice shelves safeguarding the Antarctic’s so-called “Doomsday glacier.”(Thwaites Glacier)

If the Thwaites collapsed, the event could raise sea levels by several feet, researchers say, putting coastal communities as well as low-lying island nations further at risk.

Rea article at  Scientists warn a critical ice shelf in Antarctica could shatter within the next five years – CNN