Antarctic study proves glacier has undergone irreversible retreat – highlighting potential for widespread ice loss

By Brad Reed, Research Fellow in the Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Hilmar Gudmundsson, Professor of Glaciology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Mattias Green, Professor in Physical Oceanography, Bangor University

Pine Island glacier is one of the fastest flowing outlets of ice from the west Antarctic ice sheet, draining an area three-quarters the size of the UK. In recent decades, the glacier has been retreating rapidly and losing ice, contributing more to global sea level rise than any other Antarctic glacier.

The speed of the glacier’s retreat and the rate that is has been losing ice…

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