Thwaites Glacier: the melting, Antarctic monster of sea level rise – podcast

The edge of the Thwaites Glacier extends into the Amundsen Sea in western Antarctica. NASA

This episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast is about the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica. Thwaites is among the largest glaciers on Earth and one of the single most important factors for future global sea level rise. We talk to three experts about what makes Thwaites so uniquely significant, why it’s melting and the creative techniques scientists are using to study it.