the Amundsen sea

The Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers along the coast of the Amundsen Sea have already contributed five percent to the rise of global sea levels, and scientists are bracing for far worse scenarios. The Antarctic glaciers, which have long been on scientists’ radars, have now been found to be on a course to disintegrate completely, sooner or later, as both are breaking free from the restraints that have hitherto kept them in place – and sea levels in check, according to findings published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study was based on thorough analysis of satellite […]