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Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity.

The Thwaite's Glacier in West Antarctica is not doing so great.

It's the largest glacier on earth at nearly 75

miles wide and it is thick like it's really thick. It towers over the bedrock anywhere

from around 2,600 feet to nearly 4,000 feet up, which is over 11 football fields high, and it's melting.

And this is the one they call the Domesday Glacier, right?

That's the one.

By some estimates, it's already dropped over a trillion tons of ice since

2000. That's a trillion with a T. Scientists say that if a total collapse would occur, which is becoming more and more likely, global sea levels could rise by as much as two feet.

Right, we've reported on sea level rise before.

I know that two feet doesn't necessarily sound like a lot, but it could displace literally

tens of millions of people living in coastal areas. But that's just the

beginning, because the Thwaite also acts a bit like a plug, keeping warm sea waters from melting other glaciers.

Oh boy, so if it's gone, the other glaciers could go with it.

And it's just a big icy domino effect.

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