Scientists have raised the alarm over Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' after a new study revealed that underwater 'storms' were increasing the risk of a total collapse

A huge ice sheet known as the 'Doomsday Glacier' because of the devastating impact its disappearance could have on human civilisation is on the verge of collapsing.

Cracks in the ice shelf of Thwaite's Glacier in Antarctica have triggered an 'accelerated destabilisation' in recent years, scientists have warned, with a new study now suggesting that storm-like formations hidden under the surface could be speeding up its decline.

Rapid swirling vortexes forming in the layer of water underneath the glacier are pulling in warm sea currents, according to researchers, resulting in melting of the ice sheet above that cause

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