Antarctic ice loss is accelerating

ENN
Mar 27, 2015, 8:08 am35 pts
New research published this week in the journal Science Express describes how the ice shelves around Antarctica are thinning and therefore allowing more of the ice sheet behind them to flow into the sea. Using nearly two decades of satellite data, the team of international researchers observed an acceleration…

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