Pine Island Glacier Melting Reaches 'Irreversible' Level, Antarctic Ice Water 'Flowing Faster' Into The Ocean

Pine Island Glacier's slow death is old news to most, but a new analysis of Antarctica's massive ice sheet suggests the ice is melting much faster now and that the damage is "irreversible." Research shows the massive 68,000-square-mile sheet of ice, believed to be the biggest single contributor to sea-level rise in Antarctica, has begun to shed water at a rate not seen before.