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Marissa Grunes

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Marissa Grunes is a science writer and literary scholar who has written on the cultural and scientific history of Antarctica for Atlas Obscura, Nautilus, and the Boston Review, among other places.

Marissa Grunes’s Contributions:

How We Came to Know and Fear the Doomsday Glacier

It’s the world’s most vulnerable glacier and key to the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, yet we’re only now getting to know Thwaites Glacier. What took us so long?

Jan 3, 2023 | 3,700 words, about 18 minutes

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Marissa Grunes

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Marissa Grunes’s Contributions:

How We Came to Know and Fear the Doomsday Glacier

It’s the world’s most vulnerable glacier and key to the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, yet we’re only now getting to know Thwaites Glacier. What took us so long?