Breach of the Thwaites Glacier would allow warmer ocean waters to melt the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and raise sea levels by nearly 11 feet, putting many large coastal cities and small island nations at extreme risk. With the Thwaites fate uncertain, some scientists are turning to geoengineering (using technology and infrastructure to slow or stop glacier retreat) as a potential solution, including creating-giant_submarine.curtains that would at least partially prevent warm tidal currents from reaching the glacier ice. They could be made of fabric or even bubbles if a pipe with holes drilled into it and air pumped through it could be placed between the Thwaites and the warm water.
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