TBT: The race to understand Antarctica's most terrifying glacier

PLUS: The best WIRED stories from this month a year ago. View this email in your browser  12.12.19 The Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is larger than half of Montana. Unlike the Big Sky Country, though, it's collapsing into the sea. Already, Thwaites' losses are responsible for about 4 percent of global sea-level rise every year, and scientists are now scrambling to answer two questions: When will it take the plunge? Also, what will it take to save our coastal cities when it does? Read all about the race to understand Antarctica's most terrifying glacier, plus the best WIRED stories from this month a year ago below.   The Race to Understand Antarctica's Most Terrifying Glacier The Thwaites Glacier is crumbling into the sea. Now scientists must answer two questions: When will it take the plunge? And can our coastal cities be saved? The Best Stories From This Month, Last Year Why It's Hard to Escape Amazon's Long Reach The ecommerce company is also a cloud computing provider, TV producer, fashion designer, wind-farm backer, and organizer of crowdsourced micro-labor tasks. How the Surprise New Interactive 'Black Mirror' Came Together "Bandersnatch" is Netflix's first salvo in a new era of storytelling. How the CIA Trains Spies to Hide in Plain Sight It's not just about putting on a fake mustache. Disguise is about changing the way you carry yourself. How China's Elite APT10 Hackers Stole the World's Secrets A new DOJ indictment outlines how Chinese hackers allegedly compromised data from companies in a dozen countries in a single intrusion. The Terrible Joy of Yelling at an Amazon Echo Life is stressful. And Amazon's voice assistant Alexa is a very convenient scapegoat. The Finnish Swimmers Who Chill Out in Subzero Temperatures Who needs a warm tropical beach when you can enjoy a hole in the ice? Definitely not the Finns. GET WIRED Get 1 year of WIRED access for less than $1 a month.   Tech news and analysis you won't find anywhere else.   Subscribe now     This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or manage your newsletter subscriptions