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Climate Change, Doomsday Glacier
Photo credit: Ted Rall for WhoWhatWhy

It’s the size of Florida. And now the humongous Thwaites Glacier is closer to collapsing than ever before, as warm water runs beneath it. When it goes, it could take the rest of the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet with it, raising sea levels and submerging small islands and coastal regions around the world.

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  • Ted Rall

    Ted Rall is an American columnist, syndicated editorial cartoonist, and author. His most recent book is "The Stringer," a graphic novel in which journalism meets "Breaking Bad."

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