A Pennsylvania woman drowned Sunday after she was swept over a series of waterfalls and pinned underwater by a log at Glacier National Park in Montana. According to witnesses, Gillian Tones, 26, slipped on wet rocks and fell into Virginia Creek between St. Mary Falls and Virginia Falls in the afternoon, the National Park Service […]
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Woman drowns after falling near St. Mary Falls in Glacier National Park
Jun. 24—A 26-year-old Pennsylvania woman drowned after falling into the water above St. Mary Falls on the east side of Glacier National Park on Sunday afternoon, officials said. According to witnesses, the woman was washed over the falls and trapped beneath the water for several minutes. Bystanders pulled her out below the falls and administered […]
Mountain snow forecast for Glacier Park next week
Jun. 13—An abrupt change in weather is expected next week, with below average temperatures and mountain snow likely. The shift is forecast to begin late Sunday through Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service in Missoula. A low pressure system will bring widespread precipitation and lowering snow levels across Western Montana. Snow levels could drop […]
1 killed in fiery crash east of West Glacier
Jun. 12—Authorities are investigating the circumstances of a fiery crash June 8 on U.S. 2 east of West Glacier that killed one person. According to information from the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office, the vehicle crashed into some trees and caught fire at mile marker 164 near Nyack Flats. Emergency responders were called to the scene […]
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Scientists worry so-called “Doomsday Glacier” is near collapse, satellite data reveals
Antartica’s Thwaites Glacier is also known as the “Doomsday Glacier” because it could greatly contribute to sea level rise if it collapses. And new evidence suggests that’s exactly what’s happening. Miles and miles below the surface, the glacier is destabilizing as ocean water rushes underneath its core structures. Scientists learned this thanks to high-resolution satellite radar […]
Satellite data reveals Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier is melting faster than we thought
Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier is melting fast; this much, scientists already know. However, according to a new study, it’s melting faster than we thought — and that spells trouble for sea-level-rise projections. Using observations from the ICEYE Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite constellation, a joint project between the U.S. and Finland, researchers have taken a detailed look […]
We’ve underestimated the ‘Doomsday’ glacier
A vast Antarctic glacier is more vulnerable to melting than previously thought, according to new research, with potentially devastating consequences for billions of people. The Thwaites Glacier — dubbed the “Doomsday” glacier because of the grave impacts for global sea level rise if it melts — is breaking down “much faster” than expected, according to […]
Antarctica’s “doomsday glacier” undergoing “vigorous ice melt,” study finds
The massive “doomsday glacier” known for its rapid destabilization is undergoing a “vigorous ice melt” that scientists say could reshape sea level rise projections. In a new study, glaciologists from the University of California, Irvine, found that warm, high-pressure ocean water is seeping beneath West Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, making it more vulnerable to melting than […]
The Doomsday Glacier in Antarctica is melting faster than scientists thought
More unsettling news from the bottom of the world. Scientists have uncovered evidence of “vigorous melting” at Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, according to a new study published Monday. And for the first time, there is visible evidence that shows warm seawater pumping underneath the glacier. The Thwaites Glacier, part of the vast West Antarctic Ice Sheet, […]
Ocean water is rushing miles underneath the ‘Doomsday Glacier’ with potentially dire impacts on sea level rise
Ocean water is pushing miles beneath Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier,” making it more vulnerable to melting than previously thought, according to new research which used radar data from space to perform an X-ray of the crucial glacier. As the salty, relatively warm ocean water meets the ice, it’s causing “vigorous melting” underneath the glacier and could […]