Rapid Melting Found Under Antarctic Glacier Could Add Several Feet to Global Sea Levels

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Rapid Melting Found Under Antarctic Glacier Could Add Several Feet to Global Sea Levels,
Denise Chow, LiveScience.com,
Sep 16, 2013,
The Weather Channel

A two-month-long expedition to one of the most remote sites on the planet — the sprawling Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica — has revealed that currents of warm water beneath the glacier are melting the ice at a staggering rate of about 2.4 inches per day.