Tag: Thwaites

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 […]