The “Doomsday Glacier” May Not Be Quite As Apocalyptic As We Thought

Summary: The famous "Doomsday Glacier" in Antarctica is melting, but the world isn't ending tomorrow. Scientists used to worry it would completely collapse in just a few decades and cause huge sea-level rises. Now, new research shows the melting will probably take hundreds of years. Ocean currents naturally change, which can actually slow down the melting process. While we still need to take climate change seriously because Antarctica holds 60% of the world's freshwater ice, we have more time to fix the problem than we originally thought. Don't panic, but don't ignore it either!

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