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Senegal-sized Antarctic glacier melting faster than thought: Why it matters

2026-10-17T07:43:19.000Z

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Thwaites glacier has been losing ice for decades.
Now there are concerns of rapidly accelerating loss.

The iconic Dzhuguturlyuchat mountain massif with glacier — Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0

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