Research shows 'Doomsday glacier' the size of Florida could collapse within five years

Scientists from the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration, who are monitoring the largest fast-changing glacier in the world, say it "has already retreated over eight miles".

Newly discovered extensive cracking on a Florida-sized block of Antarctic ice known as the Doomsday glacier means the behemoth is likely to collapse within five years, leading to damning sea level rises around the world.

That is according to scientists monitoring Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, known as the largest fast-changing glacier in the world.