The Antarctic ice sheet is melting in a new, worrying way not taken into account by current models of future sea level rise, according to a new study.
The Antarctic ice sheet is melting in a new, worrying way that scientific models used to project future sea level rise have not taken into account, suggesting current projections could be significantly underestimating the problem, according to a new study.
But the region is hugely significant: the Antarctic ice sheet already sheds an average of 150 billion metric tons of ice every year and, in its entirety, it holds enough water to raise global sea levels by around 190 feet . The study is not the first to point to Antarctica’s vulnerabilities to the climate crisis.
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