Scientists begin studying the world's most dangerous glacier

An Antarctic glacier, which is expected to melt within a few decades, will cause sea level growth to up to three metres, a joint American-British study shows.

The Thwaites glacier in the western Antarctic covers an area of 182,000 square metres and is described as the most dangerous in the world, Kosovo Press broadcasts.

Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) from Britain and the National Science Foundation (NSF) from the US have launched the ice research project worth $27.5m.

With the help of over 100 scientists, they want to work to learn how fast the glacier will melt and how this will affect the rise in sea level.

The Thwaites glacier will raise the sea level by one meter to the end of this century and three times more in a long-term period.

Its collapse will begin over the next few decades, scientists say.

The marrow of this glacier can destabilise other parts of the ice.

The other countries involved in the project are South Korea, Germany, Sweden, New Zealand and Finland.

Scientists on earth have used sophisticated equipment to gather the data needed to measure the volume of ice and change the size of ice.

The five-year project will begin in October this year, and experts will concentrate their work during the summers in Antarctica from 2019 to 2021.