International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration: What is happening at Thwaites Glacier?

The largest Earth science funding agencies in the United Kingdom and the United States are working together in the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC) to investigate one of the most unstable glaciers in Antarctica. The US National Science Foundation (NSF) and UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) are teaming up to study the rapidly changing glacier Thwaites Glacier. Scientists are investigating whether Thwaites Glacier may collapse in the next few decades or centuries, and how this could affect future global sea-level rise. New knowledge about the glacier’s behaviour currently and in the past is critical for making better predictions of how the ocean and ice will respond to environmental change. Learn more at the ITGC website: Follow ITGC on social media at: -Twitter: @GlacierThwaites -Facebook: @thwaitesglaciercollaboration -Instagram: @thwaitesglaciercollaborat