World's largest ice sheet threatened by warm water surge - Nature.com

Shifting winds and ocean currents are pushing warm waters into East Antarctica, contributing to ice loss, an analysis finds.

Ice masses in East Antarctica are thinning at alarming rates.Credit: Torsten Blackwood/Getty Westerly winds are thrusting warm waters towards the East Antarctic ice sheet, and have thinned the regio… [+4857 chars]

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