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Scientists call it the Doomsday Glacier. That’s partly because Britain-sized glacier whites in West Antarctica are melting at an alarming rate: retreating by about half a mile (2,625 feet) each year. Scientists estimate that glaciers will lose their ice in about 200 to 600 years. When that happens, it will …

More than half of the ice sheets hitting Antarctica are preventing huge glaciers from entering the ocean and raising sea levels due to climate change, researchers said Wednesday. Due to the warm air, the molten water flowing in the deep rupture damages the structural integrity of this natural barrier. Nature. …