Antarctic Glacier Thinning At Alarming Rate
Friday, August 14, 2009 - 12:35
in Earth & Climate
The thinning of a gigantic glacier in Antarctica is accelerating, scientists report. The Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica, which is around twice the size of Scotland, is losing ice four times as fast as it was a decade years ago. The research also reveals that ice thinning is now occurring much further inland.