The Thwaits Glacier in West Antarctica

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A new study says melting ice from Greenland alone will cause sea levels to rise at least 27 centimeters, almost one foot over the next century. John Sutter: A glacier called Thwaits Glacier is unstable in a particular way because of how warm water can get underneath it. He says if there's one piece of ice in the world that our modern world is dependent upon staying stable, it's that one.

While the world’s leaders are meeting at COP27 to discuss climate change, Antarctica’s massive Thwaites Glacier is melting. The world’s coastlines face catastrophic consequences. Rolling Stone’s Jeff Goodell went to see it with his own eyes.

This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and edited by Matt Collette and Sean Rameswaram, who also hosted.

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