A group of scientists on Thursday published evidence that the Southern Antarctic Peninsula, a region where glaciers were previously thought to be stable, is now undergoing sudden—and dramatic—ice loss due to the warming of the ocean.
Published in the journal Science under the title Dynamic thinning of glaciers on the Southern Antarctic Peninsula, the research was led by a group of University of Bristol researchers.
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Lead researcher Dr. Bert Wouters, from the University of Bristol, said the findings “came as a surprise.”
“To date, the glaciers added roughly 300 cubic km of water to the ocean,” said Wouters. “That’s the equivalent of the volume of nearly 350,000 Empire State Buildings combined.”
The findings mean that the region “is the second largest contributor to sea level rise in Antarctica and the ice loss shows no sign of waning,” say researchers.
This study comes on the heels of a NASA report released last week, which found that the Antarctic shelf is close to disintegration.