Ice in the Antarctic is Melting Ten Times Faster Than it Was 600 Years Ago
According to a 2013 study by the British Antarctic Survey and the Australian National University,
Antarctic ice is melting 10x faster than it was 600 years ago. Taking
core samples of the ice on the norther peninsula helped them to
calculate that temperatures today are 1.6 degrees Celsius higher and
that the most rapid melting has taken place in the last 50 years.
