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        "msgid": "doomsday-glacier-keeps-melting-despite-cooler-seas-and-it-cannot-be-stopped-1792399834",
        "date": "2026-10-19 14:40:00",
        "title": "Doomsday Glacier Keeps Melting Despite Cooler Seas, and It Cannot Be Stopped",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNBC",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Anthropology",
        "summary": "A British Antarctic Survey study found that Thwaites Glacier would continue to melt for at least 150 years even in a simulation that eliminated ocean warming, although its rate of retreat would slow. The findings underline the glacier\u2019s long-term vulnerability and the importance of cutting emissions to limit sea-level rise and give coastal communities more time to adapt.",
        "content": "<p>Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica, dubbed the \u201cDoomsday Glacier\u201d, is\nexpected to keep melting even if the surrounding ocean cools. A new\nstudy found that the melt is so well under way that it cannot be stopped\nfor at least the next 150 years, even under the most unlikely scenario,\naccording to a report on Monday (19 October 2026).<\/p>\n<p>Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey ran computer\nsimulations under conditions that could not occur in the real world.\nThey switched off ocean warming around the glacier entirely to find out\nwhether Thwaites could thicken again and stabilise if its source of heat\ndisappeared.<\/p>\n<p>The results were surprising. Its neighbouring Pine Island Glacier\nbegan to thicken and advance again, but Thwaites continued melting\nthroughout the 150-year simulation, albeit at a slower rate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had hoped that if ocean warming stopped, the ice would thicken\nand advance again. That is not what happens with Thwaites. This is\nreally unexpected,\u201d said lead researcher Rosie Williams.<\/p>\n<p>Why is Thwaites different? Scientists suspect the enormous glacier is\nstill responding to climate changes that took place decades ago. An\nextreme El Ni\u00f1o in the 1940s disrupted its balance, and the very slow\nmovement of ice means the effects are still being felt today. In\naddition, human-caused warming over the past four decades has pushed the\nglacier towards an instability that is difficult to reverse.<\/p>\n<p>Thwaites Glacier is roughly the size of Great Britain. If it\ncollapsed completely, it could trigger the collapse of the entire West\nAntarctic Ice Sheet and raise global sea levels by up to five metres.\nCoastal cities around the world, including many areas of Indonesia,\nwould be at risk of being submerged.<\/p>\n<p>Although the melting cannot be stopped completely, the researchers\nstressed that efforts to cut emissions remain crucial. The slower the\npace of warming, the slower the glacier will melt. This would give the\nworld more time to adapt and strengthen coastal defences before sea\nlevels rise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have not entirely passed the point of no return. If warming can\nbe curbed, a sudden collapse that triggers an extreme rise in sea levels\ncan still be prevented,\u201d said Mathieu Morlighem of Dartmouth\nCollege.<\/p>\n<p>However, another study published this week brought less encouraging\nnews. New models indicate that the glacier could retreat faster than\npreviously expected, potentially resulting in sea-level rise more than\ntwice as great as earlier estimates.<\/p>",
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