Warm ocean water is melting a giant Antarctic glacier from below. Scientists want to stop it with an 80km underwater curtain
- Scientists are checking if an underwater curtain is what will keep an Antarctic glacier from slowly melting due to warm water.
- The proposal is to install an underwater curtain about 80 kilometres long and up to 150 metres high in front of the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica.
- Between January and March 2026, an expedition went to the Amundsen Sea to collect data to check if the idea will hold up.
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- Scientists are checking if an underwater curtain is what will keep an Antarctic glacier from slowly melting due to warm water.
- The proposal is to install an underwater curtain about 80 kilometres long and up to 150 metres high in front of the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica.
- Between January and March 2026, an expedition went to the Amundsen Sea to collect data to check if the idea will hold up.
Sources: Times of India