{"id":356,"date":"2020-02-04T19:07:57","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T19:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/comit\/?p=356"},"modified":"2023-10-23T19:07:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:07:39","slug":"usf-scientist-helps-measure-a-rapidly-melting-glacier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/comit\/2020\/02\/04\/usf-scientist-helps-measure-a-rapidly-melting-glacier\/","title":{"rendered":"USF Scientist Helps Measure a Rapidly Melting Glacier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">At the end of January, USF CMS associate professor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usf.edu\/marine-science\/faculty\/faculty-directory\/geological-oceanography\/alastair-graham.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Dr. Alastair Graham<\/span><\/a>, departed on the US icebreaker\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/geo\/opp\/support\/nathpalm.jsp\" target=\"_blank\"><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Nathanial Palmer<\/span><\/em><\/a>\u00a0for the Amundsen Sea, home to the so-called \u201cDoomsday Glacier\u201d called the Thwaites Glacier. Thwaites, the size of Florida, has been in the news lately because it appears to be thinning rapidly \u2013 faster than originally predicted \u2013 and could account for a significant portion of sea level rise around the world. 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Thwaites, the size of Florida, has been in the news lately because it appears to be thinning rapidly \u2013 faster than originally predicted \u2013 and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<!-- wp:image {\"id\":357,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/comit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/thwaites-glacier-in-west-antarctica.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-357\"\/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"fontSize\":\"medium\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">At the end of January, USF CMS associate professor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usf.edu\/marine-science\/faculty\/faculty-directory\/geological-oceanography\/alastair-graham.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Dr. Alastair Graham<\/span><\/a>, departed on the US icebreaker\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/geo\/opp\/support\/nathpalm.jsp\" target=\"_blank\"><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Nathanial Palmer<\/span><\/em><\/a>\u00a0for the Amundsen Sea, home to the so-called \u201cDoomsday Glacier\u201d called the Thwaites Glacier. 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