Good morning. Welcome, Naxios today. It's Thursday, February 16th. I'm Nailibudu. Here's

what we're covering today. Making electric vehicle chargers more available nationwide.

But first, new findings on the so-called Doomsday Glacier. That's today's one big thing.

The Thwaite's Glacier is at the top of the list of glaciers that keep polar scientists up at night.

So, Naxios is senior climate and energy reporter Andrew Friedman. That's because if it melts,

it could raise sea levels by up to 10 feet. Now, new research is expanding and complicating our

understanding of this glacier. So, how to make sense of it all? Andrews here with us for that.

Hey, so, Andrew first, why is Thwaite's called the Doomsday Glacier?

Yeah, so scientists are trying to push back against that term, but it's really very true. It's

the glacier that could generate the most sea level rise the fastest, at least of the ones that we

understand relatively well. So, there were two studies just published yesterday about Thwaite's.

What are the most important things we need to know from those studies?

So, those studies were the result of a five-year, $50 million research campaign, which sent

scientists putting robots underneath the ice. It was some really cool, ambitious work that was done

and that really important things to know about these two different studies are that the melting

that is going on there is complicated. There is a reason for greater concern. The water that's

coming into contact with the bottom of the ice sheet is not as warm as we expected,

but the glacier is still retreating incredibly fast. So, is there anything that can be done to slow

or stop the melting of this glacier? Is that even a goal at this point?

There are some studies that show that we have already triggered irreversible loss of the West

Antarctic ice sheet. I think most scientists, however, say that what we emit in the next several

decades will determine the course of sea level rise for the next several centuries and that

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