West Antarctic Glaciers Unstable, Melting Into the Sea

May 17, 2019/ News Editor / Antarctica, Environment, Environmental News Service, Europe, Journalism, Oceans

Published by the Environmental News Service

LEEDS, England, UK, May 16, 2019 (ENS) – The warming of ocean waters over the 25 years between 1992 and 2017 have caused the glacier ice in West Antarctica to thin so rapidly that 24 percent of the region’s ancient ice is now affected, a British research team has determined.

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