3 Apr 2024

Building giant wall in sea wouldn't be enough to stop sea level rise

From Checkpoint, 5:48 pm on 3 April 2024

New research from Victoria University suggests even building a giant wall in the sea wouldn't be enough to stop sea level rise from two crucial Antarctic glaciers.

Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers are melting and if they collapse, it could destabilise the huge West Antarctic Ice Sheet and cause catastrophic sea level rise.

Eloise Gibson reports.