In decline: The Pine Island Glacier drains an enormous volume of ice from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to the sea
From The Daily Mail:
An Antarctic glacier twice the size of Scotland is melting much faster than scientists had bargained for.
The Pine Island Glacier in west Antarctica is losing ice four times quicker than a decade ago, researchers warned today.
If the thinning continues to accelerate at this speed, the main section of the glacier will be gone within the next 100 years - six times faster than was previously estimated.
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