Scientists claim that the Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier," which has the potential to raise sea levels by several feet, may float into the ocean more rapidly.

According to scientists, Antarctica has the ability to swiftly retreat in the upcoming years due to its high danger of collapsing and threat to the global sea level, which raises concerns about the incredibly large sea level increase that would result from its prospective collapse, they called it Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier. 

As the earth heats, the Thwaites Glacier, which can raise sea levels by several feet, is disintegrating along its submerged base. Scientists tracked the glacier's historical retreat in a study that was published on Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience in an effort to predict what the glacier will probably do in the future.

If the entire Florida-sized ice sheet and some neighbouring ice were to break off and fall into the ocean, sea levels may rise by three to ten feet, posing a serious threat to many coastal communities across the world.

For reference, during the previous three decades, the sea level has only risen by less than a foot, and that has been sufficient to cause more flooding in a number of locations. The Thwaites would have to redraft shoreline maps all around the world in the worst-case scenario if we lost. The Thwaites Ice Shelf, which aids in stabilising the glacier and prevents the ice from flowing freely into the ocean, might then collapse within five years, according to research published in 2021.

The 20-hour mission in difficult conditions that surveyed an underwater area the size of Houston resulted in the discoveries on Monday, which indicate that the Thwaites is capable of retreating at a rate that is significantly faster than previously imagined.