{"id":2774,"date":"2026-02-09T09:14:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T03:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=2774"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:34:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:04:48","slug":"what-is-thwaites-glacier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-thwaites-glacier\/","title":{"rendered":"Thwaites Glacier"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Thwaites Glacier Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists have raised concerns over the Thwaites Glacier, as it is melting at an unprecedented rate because of climate change fueled by human activities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Thwaites Glacier<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a large glacier <\/span><b>in West Antarctica,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> about the size of a large country.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists have often called it <\/span><b>the \u201cDoomsday Glacier\u201d.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s a <\/span><b>wide and fast-flowing glacier,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> roughly the size of Florida or Great Britain.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the most vulnerable and important glaciers in the world in terms of future global sea-level rise.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>contributes 4% to global annual sea-level rise,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and its collapse could destabilise the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, which would cause catastrophic sea-level rise.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Impact of Melting of Thwaites Glacier<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been becoming thinner, <\/span><b>retreating, and contributing to sea-level rise.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If it weakens beyond a point, other <\/span><b>glaciers may lose ice faster as well,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> further <\/span><b>increasing sea-level rise.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Higher sea levels<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will cause <\/span><b>coasts to flood<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> more easily, worsen erosion, increase storm surges, and threaten cities, low-lying islands, and ports.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Significance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is one of the most important places on the earth for those trying to understand <\/span><b>how sea levels will rise in future.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/feature\/scientists-aim-at-building-150-metre-wall-to-mitigate-doomsday-glacier-melting-crisis-10967606\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>NDTV<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thwaites Glacier is a large glacier in West Antarctica, about the size of a large country. 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