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Thwaites Glacier is a 120 km wide, fast-moving glacier located in Antarctica.
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Size: Because of its size (1.9 lakh square km), it contains enough water to raise the world sea level by more than half a meter.
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Melting: It’s melting already contributes 4% to global sea-level rise each year. It is estimated that it would collapse into the sea in 200-900 years.
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Studies have found the amount of ice flowing out of it has nearly doubled over the past 30 years.
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Significance: Thwaites Glacier is important for Antarctica as it slows the ice behind it, from freely flowing into the ocean. However, because of the risk it faces and poses Thwaites is often called the Doomsday Glacier.
