Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier could 'snowball' towards collapse, as a study shows the ice is melting faster than expected. That is more than the current ice loss of the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet, which has been losing 150 gigatonnes of ice per year for the last two decades. Scientists say that West Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier could lose 200 megatonnes of ice every year by 2067, as a study shows the glacier is melting faster than expected. Pictured: Maps showing models of ice loss speed on the Thwaites GlacierThe Thwaites Glacier is one of the most important bodies of ice in the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet. Thwaites Glacier – which is around the size of Great Britain or the US state of Florida – has been nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier.

Source: Daily Mail March 16, 2026 13:10 UTC