Wrong, Daily Mail, Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier Isn’t on the R...

Wrong, Daily Mail, Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier Isn’t on the R...

There is a pattern here. The Daily Mail has long demonstrated a preference for dramatic, attention-grabbing headlines that far oversell the actual story. Climate Realism has debunked its false, hyperbolic disaster scenario claims dozens of times. “Doomsday Glacier collapse by 2067” fits that formula perfectly — a bold date, a catastrophic label, and minimal context. That may drive clicks, but it does not accurately reflect the measured data or t…

Wrong, Daily Mail, Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier Isn’t on the Road to Collapse by 2067 - ClimateRealism

The Daily Mail (DM) claims in “Antarctica ‘Doomsday Glacier’ COLLAPSE by 2067” that the Thwaites Glacier is on track for catastrophic failure within decades. This misleading framing gives a false impression of what science actually says about the issue. Observational data show ongoing ice loss and instability, but they do not establish an inevitable post-mid-century collapse. Further, the ice loss quantities cited are very small relative to the …