Study: further melting of Antarctic glacier half the size of Germany is 'irreversible'
The 175,000km2 glacier - thats about half as big as Germany - is responsible for draining a quarter of the West Antarctica ice sheet by itself, and regularly calves off huge icebergs into the Southern Ocean. The Natural Environment Research Councils (NERC) British Antarctic Survey has found that its retreating inland, a sign that its melt is increasing. Its bad news. Very bad.
The 175,000km2 glacier - thats about half as big as Germany - is responsible for draining a quarter of the West Antarctica ice sheet by itself, and regularly calves off huge icebergs into the Southern Ocean. The Natural Environment Research Councils (NERC) British Antarctic Survey has found that its retreating inland, a sign that its melt is increasing. Its bad news. Very bad.