Two Antarctic glaciers 'progressively' breaking free; scientists fear rise in sea level

Recent photographs have shown that two colossal Antarctic glaciers are 'progressively' breaking free from retrains that have helmed m in for centuries. This new development has caused major concern among scientists and environmentalist who have w warned that this could le to an exponential rise in sea level. 

Located in Amundsen Sea in West Antarctica, both glaciers- Pine Island and Thwaites alrey contribute to five per cent of global sea-level rise. As per study published by Proceedings of National Acemy of scientists, ir melting could threaten a lot of low lying landforms.

Out of two, Thwaites has been deemed extremely critical with experts predicting that its melting could le to raising seawater by nearly 10 feet. Threatened by this, UK and US have launched targeted multimillion-dollar research mission to glacier whose loss could trigger collapse of west ice sheet.

se findings were derived after researchers analysed satellite ims that showed glacier margins depleting. ims "show that a naturally occurring buffer system that prevents glaciers from flowing outward rapidly is breaking down, potentially unleashing far more ice into sea in coming years," scientists wrote in study. As per experts, glaciers’ “sheer margins” were progressively weakening and in some cases breaking into pieces. In dition, study also found that furr signs of disintegration were possible. 

Im credits: NASA

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Melting Himalayan Glaciers 

Glaciers in Jammu, Kashmir and Lakh are melting at a "significant" rate, according to a first-of-its-kind study which used satellite data to find that over 1,200 glaciers in Himalayan region saw an annual reduction in mass of 35 centimetres (cm) on aver between 2000 and 2012. study, published in journal Scientific Reports, was carried over Jammu, Kashmir, and Lakh region, including areas across Line of Control (LoC) and Line of Actual Control (LAC), and in all 12,243 glaciers were studied for thickness and mass changes.

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Im : National Science Foundation