The doomsday glacier has made it to the news more often than not because it has been identified as vulnerable. It’s also under the radar as it can cause the ice shelf to break down.

Suppose the world’s most heavily monitored glacier is going to melt at a rate models cannot keep pace with? The Thwaites ...

If Thwaites’ ice shelf were to collapse, it would expose a very tall ice cliff facing the ocean along its 75-mile (120-kilometer) front.