The Threat from Thwaites: The retreat of Antarctica’s riskiest glacier

Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier is the largest fast-changing glacier in the world. It is thinning rapidly, has already retreated over eight miles, and has doubled in speed, in the last five decades. The vulnerable glacier is the size of Florida, and if it melts, global sea levels could rise by nearly 10 feet—putting millions of people living in coastal cities in danger zones for extreme flooding. Join experts from the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration as they explore questions such as: Why is the glacier weakening? How soon before it begins its rapid collapse and accelerates sea level rise? And what can be done to slow its collapse?

Panelists:

• Ted Scambos, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
• Erin Pettit, Oregon State University Peter Washam, Cornell University
• Peter Davis, British Antarctic Survey
• Lizzy Clyne, Lewis and Clark College
• Anna Crawford, University of St Andrews