The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is melting faster than scientists thought – Grist Magazine

Miles of seawater are flowing under Thwaites Glacier, undermining an Antarctic ice sheet and threatening rapid sea level rise….
West Antarctic ice sheet faces ‘unavoidable’ melting, a warning for sea level rise – the Washington Post

Accelerating ice losses are all but “unavoidable” this century in vulnerable West Antarctic ice shelves as waters warm around them, according to new research. And the analysis could mean scientists were too conservative in predicting about one to three feet of sea level rise by 2100…