--- Thwaites Glacier --- “We must dare to share the story of the Thwaites Glacier in all honesty, & with all the knowledge we currently have about it, with the most affected group, humanity & with nature as a whole.” - Kris van Steenbergen

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“The loss of the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf will directly cause a sea level rise of 2 to 3 millimeters. The loss of the glacier tongue behind it & the inland floating parts will cause an indirect sea level rise of 10 cm to 1 meter, due to sliding land ice.”