International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration
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The International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration is a major multinational scientific research program focused on understanding the dynamics, stability, and future sea-level impact of Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration Context triple: [Thwaites Glacier, studiedBy, International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration]
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Trinity Peninsula coastal glaciers
Trinity Peninsula coastal glaciers are a group of interconnected glaciers and ice piedmonts fringing the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, draining its coastal ice into the surrounding seas.
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West Antarctic outlet glaciers
West Antarctic outlet glaciers are fast-flowing ice streams that drain the West Antarctic Ice Sheet into the surrounding oceans, playing a critical role in regional ice loss and global sea-level rise.
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Thwaites Glacier
Thwaites Glacier is a massive and rapidly melting Antarctic glacier, often called the "Doomsday Glacier" for its potential to significantly raise global sea levels if it collapses.
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Pine Island Glacier
Pine Island Glacier is one of Antarctica’s largest and fastest-melting glaciers, a major contributor to global sea-level rise located in West Antarctica’s Amundsen Sea sector.
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E.
Études sur les glaciers
Études sur les glaciers is a foundational 1840 scientific work by Louis Agassiz that helped establish the study of glaciers and the concept of past ice ages in geology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration Target entity description: The International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration is a major multinational scientific research program focused on understanding the dynamics, stability, and future sea-level impact of Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier.
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A.
Trinity Peninsula coastal glaciers
Trinity Peninsula coastal glaciers are a group of interconnected glaciers and ice piedmonts fringing the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, draining its coastal ice into the surrounding seas.
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B.
West Antarctic outlet glaciers
West Antarctic outlet glaciers are fast-flowing ice streams that drain the West Antarctic Ice Sheet into the surrounding oceans, playing a critical role in regional ice loss and global sea-level rise.
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C.
Thwaites Glacier
Thwaites Glacier is a massive and rapidly melting Antarctic glacier, often called the "Doomsday Glacier" for its potential to significantly raise global sea levels if it collapses.
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D.
Pine Island Glacier
Pine Island Glacier is one of Antarctica’s largest and fastest-melting glaciers, a major contributor to global sea-level rise located in West Antarctica’s Amundsen Sea sector.
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E.
Études sur les glaciers
Études sur les glaciers is a foundational 1840 scientific work by Louis Agassiz that helped establish the study of glaciers and the concept of past ice ages in geology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Antarctic research project
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multinational research collaboration ⓘ scientific research program ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
assess stability of Thwaites Glacier
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linked to:
International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration
improve ice sheet and climate models ⓘ inform coastal risk assessments ⓘ reduce uncertainty in projections of global sea-level rise ⓘ understand controls on Thwaites Glacier retreat ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Thwaites Glacier
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future sea-level rise ⓘ glacier dynamics ⓘ grounding line retreat ⓘ ice sheet stability ⓘ ice shelf thinning ⓘ ice–ocean interactions ⓘ marine ice sheet instability ⓘ subglacial geology ⓘ |
| hasOutput |
improved projections of Thwaites Glacier contribution to sea-level rise
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open-access datasets ⓘ peer-reviewed scientific publications ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
British Antarctic Survey
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UK Natural Environment Research Council ⓘ
linked to:
Natural Environment Research Council
US National Science Foundation ⓘ
linked to:
National Science Foundation
United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
multiple international universities ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Antarctic ice sheet mass loss
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climate change ⓘ global sea-level rise ⓘ |
| studiesFeature |
Thwaites Glacier grounding zone
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Thwaites Glacier ice shelf ⓘ
linked to:
Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf
sub-ice-shelf cavity ⓘ subglacial hydrology beneath Thwaites Glacier ⓘ |
| studiesProcess |
basal melting by warm ocean water
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buttressing loss from ice shelves ⓘ glacier flow acceleration ⓘ grounding line migration ⓘ ice shelf fracture and rifting ⓘ |
| studiesRegion |
Amundsen Sea Embayment
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linked to:
Amundsen Sea
West Antarctica ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
GPS observations
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airborne geophysical surveys ⓘ autonomous underwater vehicles ⓘ numerical ice sheet modeling ⓘ ocean circulation modeling ⓘ satellite remote sensing ⓘ ship-based oceanographic measurements ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration Description of subject: The International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration is a major multinational scientific research program focused on understanding the dynamics, stability, and future sea-level impact of Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Doomsday Glacier
linked to: International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration
Pine Island Glacier
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hasResearchProgram
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ITGC (International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration, related regional studies)
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subject linked to:
PIG
linked to: International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration