if thwaites goes, everything might collapse. in that scenario, which is very dire, which is not imminent, but is possible, we're talking about 10,000 feet of sea level rise. >> in fact, in your article, you talk a little bit about the worst case scenarios if water level goes up 15 feet. in that scenario, the jefferson memorial and fenway park would be under water. outside the u.s., the damage would be incalculable. shanghai, lagos, mumbai, jakarta, all would flood or drown. >> this is a collaborative effort that will stretch really over the next four or five or six years to investigate how -- it's 1,000 miles from the station which is the main staging ground in antarctica. it will stretch really over the next, four, five, six years to investigate how fast this glacier might become unstable. because we really don't know. we have models. scientists use computer models to look at what temperatures might be in the future, for instance, by looking at where carbon dioxide emissions are going. but it is different when you try to predic

fredrik t.d after thwaites. they look like rivers of ice, these glaciers in canada, that lowdown through mountain passages, and they can be quite beautiful. they advance and receipt almost river might, but glaciers are much different. it is much bigger than a river of ice. it is many thousands of feet deep. it goes for hundreds of miles inland to west antarctica. the first thing you must know about it glacier is it is enormous, about the size of florida or great britain. the second thing about thwaites is it seems to be unstable. warmer waters around western antarctica in a region known as sea, it is starting to pull back. starts to enter a period of what geologists runider a collapse, it will into other glaciers, and it is almost like losing the back wall of a house. if thwaites goes, everything might collapse. that scenario, which is very dire, which is not imminent, but is possible, we're talking about 10,000 feet of sea level rise. host: you talk about some of the worst case scenarios if the water goes up th

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so thwaites glacier, there are all sorts of scientists who are descending on it to study it. some will be looking at it from the water's edge, some from above through radar and satellite imagery. the scientists that i wrote about use literally bombs. they drill holes in the ice. they put a small explosive in it. they cover up that hole with snow and they detonate it. and they look at the way the waves travel from the site of the explosion to the bedrock beneath the ice sheet and then back up to the surface. and by doing that, they can kind of understand a bit more about the bed, the glacier bed that's underneath all this ice. and the idea is, if they can understand that better, it will give them a clue to how fast or slow the glacier might slide back and retreat and collapse over the coming decades. now, these are small bombs. they're about the size of your index finger. sometimes they'll put two or three or four together. but they're not big enough to in any way sort of break the glacier apart or even fracture it in any significant manner. the forces of nature are much, much

. >>> nasa researchers have found a gigantic hole growing in antarctica's thwaites glacier.ld 14 billion tons of ice which has mostly melted over the last three years. the hole allows more heat and water to get under the glacier which causes it to melt faster. scientists say thwaites glacier is responsible for 4% of the sea level rise. >>> an oregon's woman's attempt to connect with the anonymous donor may lead to a lawsuit. danielle teuscher reached out to relatives. the cryobank sent her a cease-and-desist letter. ana warner spoke to teuscher says her plan genetically related to her daughter is now in jeopardy. >> it's one woman's story of unexpected consequences that raises complicated questions. can anyone who is a donor expect anonymity when so many people are connected and finding genetic relatives online dale. >> she's really into music, singing and very athletic, very strong. >> danielle teuscher's 9-year-old daughter zoe is con seefred from an anonymous donor. >> she's definitely a social butterfly which she did not get from me. >> she wanted to know about her daugh