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Bookmark or Share- ITGC Thwaites GlacierThe UK-US-led International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC) is studying this rapidly changing glacier, the collapse of which could significantly affect global sea levels. It already accounts for around four per cent of global sea-level rise —an amount that has more than doubled since the mid-1990s.
- ITGC Thwaites GlacierThirty-seven scientists and over 24 support staff are arriving in Antarctica to work work on Thwaites Glacier. They are part of the ambitious international effort to understand the glacier and surrounding ocean system to determine its future contributions to global sea-level rise.
- ITGC Thwaites GlacierThe colossal Thwaites, at roughly 120 km across, is the widest glacier on the planet. It is also a keystone of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, much of which sits on a bed below sea level and would raise sea levels by 3.3 metres if it all melted.
- Data | ITGC Thwaites GlacierNow available is a new compilation of multibeam-bathymetric data for the inner Amundsen Sea continental shelf beyond Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers. The primary dataset was collected in 2019 by the THOR team during the first cruise of the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC).
- ITGC Thwaites GlacierThwaites is the widest glacier on Earth, at ~120 km (~80 miles) wide. Its fastest flowing grounded ice is centred between 50 and 100 km (31 and 62 mi) east of Mount Murphy on the north coast of West Antarctica. (Source: Elevation Map of Antarctica (REMA), Howat et al., 2019, The Cryosphere) 2.
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