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West Antarctica

Ice Shelves Amundsen Sea Amundsen Sea Embayment Ice Streams Hektoria Glacier Region Dotson Ice Shelf Thwaites Glacier Ross Ice Shelf Crary Ice Rise Ross Sea Smith Glacier Thwaites Glacier Region Ice Sheet Collapse

New Antarctic Grounding-Line Record Finds 12,820 km² Ice Loss as West Antarctic Glaciers Retreat

Scientists trace many of the fastest retreats to warm ocean water eroding ice shelves from below.

30-Year Map Finds 12,800 km² of Antarctic Grounded Ice Lost as 77% of Coastline Holds

Record 228-Meter Core Recovered Beneath West Antarctic Ice Points to Past Open Ocean