Antarctic Glacial Melt: Fastest Melting Region Losing 'Mount Everest Worth Of Ice' Every Two Years

Glaciers in West Antarctica are melting three times faster than they were ten years ago and have dropped water weight equivalent to Mount Everest into the ocean every two years for the last 21 years, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. If melting rates continue, the entire ice sheet will be gone in 200 years, raising the sea level by 16 feet, scientists said.