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Warm Water Under Antarctic Glacier Spurs Speedy Melting Rate
2013-09-13 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: A two-month-long expedition to one of the most remote sites on the planet the sprawling Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica has revealed that currents of warm water beneath the glacier are melting the ice at a staggering rate of about 2.4 inches (6 centimeters) per day. An international team of researchers journeyed to the southernmost continent to study the Pine Island Glacier, which is the longest and fastest-changing glacier on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. This region, in the far reaches of...
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