{"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. 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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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