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Sorry doomsters, but if the Thwaites Glacier is melting, it's not down to us pesky humans - it's down to the significant geothermal heat flow beneath it. https
by scarygliders 5y ago
Sorry doomsters, but if the Thwaites Glacier is melting, it's not down to us pesky humans - it's down to the significant geothermal heat flow beneath it.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-021-00242-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-021-00242-3 : Article Publication Date: 17-Aug-2021
- AtlasBarfed 5y agoIs the geothermal heat weakening the sea plug that keeps the land portion in check? The timing seems suspect, is there new volcanic activity that explains this geothermal heating? It's nice that there's an article in nature, but this is geology occurring under miles thick ice. I have my doubts that "geothermal heat flow" is responsible for threatening a glacier that can raise the sea level 10 feet.
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- tuatoru 5y agoYes, geothermal heat is a thing, but it always was a thing. The linked paper does not explain what has changed in the last few decades to cause this thinning/melt to happen now.