New maps show how warm water may reach Thwaites Glacier’s icy underbelly
More and deeper than expected channels could speed the glacier’s melting from below
![Nathaniel B. Palmer research ship in West Antarctica](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/090820_cg_thwaites_feat.jpg?fit=1028%2C579&ssl=1)
Data collected near Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica by scientists aboard the research ship Nathaniel B. Palmer (seen here at the site in an image taken by a drone) have helped reveal a series of deep channels along the seafloor.
Alex Mazur