It’s us. Stocktrek Images/Thinkstock A new report from NASA and UC–Irvine confirms—again—that Antarctica is melting away. The scientists used observations from four different techniques to measure the amount and change in rate of ice loss from a region in West Antarctica. This area was already known to be melting at an astonishing rate; a recent study using Cryosat 2 showed that in the period from 2010 to 2013, the region was losing ice to the tune of 134 billion metric tons of ice per year. Read the rest at Slate. View original post here: New Report Confirms Antarctica Is Melting Away as We Watch, Faster Every Year

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New Report Confirms Antarctica Is Melting Away as We Watch, Faster Every Year