Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf - Last Remnant Of Thwaites Glacier Ice Shelves - Collapsing Now

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Anyone who blogs on Daily Kos is aware that the world's ice is melting, causing sea level rise, changes in the balance of fresh versus salt water in the oceans of the world, a loss of reflection of solar energy back into space that has significantly increased heat energy into the oceans, coastal erosion.

The loss of ice around Antarctica ice and sea ice reflectivity (2023-2024 is the fourth lowest on record) has changed ocean currents, damaging the ability to regulate carbon in the atmosphere. "This area is where the deep water of the oceans rises to the surface, where it mingles with the air, changes, and reforms, sinking back into the depths. This moment of air-sea exchange of CO2 greatly impacts the overall amount of CO2 the ocean keeps safely sequestered in its depths."

West Antarctica is most vulnerable to rapid and devastating ice loss. Thwaites has been in the news as the glacier holds up to 2 feet of sea level rise. Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf is the plug that keeps inland ice from flowing into the sea. If we lose it, that will add another 8 feet of sea level rise, inundating Earth's coastal cities from Shanghai to Lagos to New York City and beyond.

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