West Antarctic is melting at TRIPLE the rate it was a decade ago: Amundsen Sea is seeing 'irreversible' ice loss, claims study

West Antarctic is melting at TRIPLE the rate it was a decade ago: Amundsen Sea is seeing 'irreversible' ice loss, claims study 

Findings came from 21-year study by Nasa and University of California

They claim to provide the most accurate estimates yet of Antarctic melt

Study combined radar, laser and satellite data between 1992 and 2013

It found Amudsen Sea Embayment lost an average 83 gigatons per year

This is same as losing water weight of Mount Everest every two years

The Amundsen Sea has long been thought to be the weakest ice sheet in the West Antarctic.

Now, a new US study suggests the barren region is haemorrhaging ice at a rate triple that of a decade ago.

Researchers believe that the melting of glaciers in West Antarctica, which contain enough water to raise sea levels by at least a metre, may be irreversible.

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The Amundsen Sea (pictured) has long been thought to be the weakest ice sheet in the West Antarctic. Now, a new US study suggests the barren region is haemorrhaging ice at a rate triple that of a decade ago

The findings of the 21-year study by Nasa and the University of California, Irvine claim to provide the most accurate estimates yet of just how fast glaciers are melting in the Amundsen Sea Embayment. 

Scientists found the rate by taking radar, laser and satellite measurements of the glaciers' mass between 1992 and 2013.

: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2858927/West-Antarctic-melting-TRIPLE-rate-decade-ago-Amundsen-Sea-seeing-irreversible-ice-loss-claims-study.html#ixzz3LNWmypNG