Warm water under Antarctic glacier spurs astonishing rate of melting
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 17:30
in Earth & Climate
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.