Antarctic glacier melt is unstoppable

Ice collapse could raise global sea level by more than 4 meters in coming centuries

DONE FOR  Thwaites Glacier, on the Amundsen Coast of West Antarctica, is part of a rapidly and irreversibly melting region of the continent's ice sheet.

NASA

A set of West Antarctic glaciers has now entered terminal melt.

Two studies reveal that the glaciers are on an irreversible path to liquefying and stand to raise global sea levels by around 4 meters in coming centuries.