The odds have just been doubled at a catastrophic destabilization of the Antarctic ice shelf.
Scientists thought the Denman Glacier was less vulnerable than the continent’s western coast, but it has receded almost three miles in two decades.
www.bloomberg.com
To pile it on Cricks misleading crap is this revealing background of Denman Glacier:
From:
Not a lot of people know That
Selected excerpts:
It’s hard to know where to start with this nonsense.
For a start, it is implied that the recent retreat of the glacier is linked to a warming climate. However the climate has actually been getting colder in that part of Antarctica during the period of the study, which begins in 1979:
https://data.giss.nasa.gov/tmp/gistemp/STATIONS/tmp_AYM00089611_14_0_1/station.png
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Johanus
March 27, 2020 at 3:58 am
The Denman Glacier happens to be the location of a very deep canyon, under the ice. In fact, it is globally the lowest point on “land” not covered by liquid water, at 3,500 m (11,500 ft) below sea level.
Denman Glacier - Wikipedia
Extreme points of Earth - Wikipedia
https://nationalpost.com/news/world/denman-glacier-deepest-land-canyon-on-earth-antarctica
So that’s what it’s like beneath Antarctica's ice sheet | Cosmos
So, it may be that parts of the glacier ice are closer to the mantle, which could cause melting of ice geothermally.
Here is a comprehensive (136 pages), but dated (1995), geological survey of the Denman glacier area.
J.W. Sheraton et al., “Geology of the Bunger Hills-Denman Glacier region, East Antarctica”,
https://d28rz98at9flks.cloudfront.net/7/Bull_244.pdf (1995)
There is a convenient chart on page 5 which shows the layout of Denman and Scott glaciers with respect to the surrounding features. Bunger hills to the east which can be seen on Google maps.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/D...16389b:0xd3b4d58e43aa7ed1!8m2!3d-66.75!4d99.5
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There is a lot more to show that this Glacier isn't a threat, and CO2 isn't the cause of the speculated melting.
As usual Crick fell for another dishonest article, which implies INHERENT inability to understand what he reads in front of him.