Doomsday Glacier Subject : Environment Section: Climate change Context: So-called Doomsday Glacier is ‘in trouble,’ scientists say after finding surprising formations under ice shelf. More on the News: In two studies, published in the journal Nature, scientists revealed while the pace of melting underneath much of the ice shelf is slower than previously […]

    DOOMSDAY GLACIER Subject: Geography Context: Ice shelves including Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ at risk of collapse. Concept: Thwaites or Doomsday Glacier is 120 km wide glacier at its broadest, fast-moving and melting fast over the years. Because of its size (1.9 lakh sq.km.), it contains enough water to raise the world sea level by […]