Wake Up Call: Coastlines could be redrawn as loss of Antarctic ice triples
Two-fifths of that ice loss occurred in the last five years, a three-fold increase in the pace at which Antarctica is shedding its kilometres-thick casing, a consortium of 84 scientists reported in the journal Nature. The findings should dispel any lingering doubts that the continent’s ice mass is shrinking, the authors said. They also highlight … Read more