"Doomsday Glacier: Melting in Antarctica Since the 1940s"

A new study reveals that West Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier began rapidly receding in the 1940s, much earlier than previously thought, and its synchronous retreat with the neighboring Pine Island Glacier suggests external oceanographic and atmospheric drivers played a significant role. The study's findings underscore the challenges of reversing the consequences of naturally occurring weather events, exacerbated by human activity, and highlight the potential catastrophic consequences of the "doomsday glacier's" hypothetical collapse.