(CNN) -- Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier" -- nicknamed because its collapse could drive catastrophic sea level rise -- is melting rapidly in unexpected ways, according to new research. It was able to "swim up to these really dynamic places and take data from the sea floor all the way to the ice," Britney Schmidt, an associate professor at Cornell University and a lead author on one of the papers, told CNN. From a more personal perspective, he said, he also hopes it prompts people "to sit up and take notice of the changes that are occurring