Loss from Thwaites, known as the 'Doomsday Glacier,' could raise sea levels.
Melting in West Antarctica, a region which includes the "Doomsday Glacier" that threatens the globe with severe sea level rise, could be inevitable in the future due to warming oceans, scientists say.MORE: Ozone hole over Antarctica grows to one of the largest on record, scientists say
Antarctic researchers set out to determine how much melting could still be prevented by controlling greenhouse gas emissions, and how much melting was already "committed," Kaitlin Naughten, an ocean modeller at the British Antarctic Survey specializing in ice shelf, ocean and sea ice interactions, and one of the authors of the paper, told reporters during a press briefing on Thursday.
The study did not directly simulate sea level rise from the projected melting in West Antarctica, but researchers "have every reason to suspect" that sea level rise would occur as ice loss from the region enters the ocean, Naughten said.
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