Glaciers on the Southern Antarctic Peninsula have begun losing mass at a rapid and accelerating rate. A team of researchers, including myself, documented the dramatic thinning of the land-based ice, which began in 2009, using satellite altimetry and gravity observations. The melting and weakening of ice shelves reduce their buttressing effect, allowing the glaciers to flow more quickly to the sea

Check the short animation we made for a better insight of what’s going on!