ASSOCIATED PRESS • June 11, 2021
A critical Antarctic glacier is looking more vulnerable as satellite images show the ice shelf that blocks it from collapsing into the sea is breaking up much faster than before and spawning huge icebergs, a new study says. The glacier contains 180 trillion tons of ice – the equivalent of 1.6 feet of sea level rise. Twila Moon, a National Snow and Ice Data scientist, said, “Research has confirmed how Antarctica evolves in the future will depend on human greenhouse gas emissions.”