Unstoppable Antarctic Glacier Melt: How Scientists Figured It Out | Video

Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - 09:20 in Earth & Climate

Using satellite data, researchers located "grounding lines" (points underneath glaciers where melting begins) and determined these lines were retreating further away from the sea each year. The West Antarctic glaciers are seeing the highest melt rate

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