Single Antarctica Glacier Causing Sea To Rise By 10%

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First published in Sanctuary Asia, Vol. 30 No. 6, June 2010

Using Autosub, an autonomous underwater vehicle, researchers led by the British Antarctic Survey have captured ocean and sea-floor measurements, which revealed a 300 metre high ridge on the sea floor.

Pine Island Glacier was once sitting atop this underwater ridge, which slowed its flow into the sea. However in recent decades it has thinned and disconnected from the ridge, allowing the glacier to move ice more rapidly from land into sea. Read the full report here.

Source: Times of India

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