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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:lake
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gptkbp:area
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about 192,000 square kilometers
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gptkbp:borderedBy
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gptkb:Pine_Island_Glacier
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gptkbp:contributedTo
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global sea level rise
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gptkbp:flowsThrough
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gptkb:Amundsen_Sea
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Doomsday Glacier
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gptkbp:iceLoss
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over 50 billion tons per year
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gptkbp:knownFor
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potential to raise global sea levels
rapid melting
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gptkbp:length
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about 120 kilometers
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:West_Antarctica
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gptkbp:meltingRate
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one of the fastest in Antarctica
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gptkbp:monitors
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gptkb:International_Thwaites_Glacier_Collaboration
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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gptkb:Fredrik_Thwaites
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gptkbp:nickname
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gptkb:Doomsday_Glacier
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gptkbp:officialName
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gptkb:Thwaites_Glacier
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gptkbp:significance
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collapse could destabilize West Antarctic Ice Sheet
collapse could raise sea levels by over 60 cm
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gptkbp:status
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retreating
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gptkbp:studiedBy
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gptkb:NASA
gptkb:US_National_Science_Foundation
British Antarctic Survey
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gptkbp:surveyedBy
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1940s
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gptkbp:thickness
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about 800 to 1200 meters
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gptkbp:threats
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high
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gptkbp:width
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about 120 kilometers
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Thwaites_Glacier
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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