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mission to 'understand' Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica

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In January, US and UK researchers will descend on Antarctica to begin their largest joint mission to the continent in more than 70 years. The aim of the five-year project is to understand whether the remote and seemingly unstable Thwaites Glacier will start to collapse in the next few decades.

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Elephant seals carrying sensors will help researchers to gather ocean data as part of a massive mission to study Antarctica’s Thwaites glacier.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thwaites_Glacier

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07847-3

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