Antarctica is losing ice six times faster today, than in the 1980s.
Scientists used aerial photographs, satellite measurements and computer models to track how fast the continent has been melting since 1979 and have found ice loss to be accelerating dramatically.
Since 2009, Antartica has lost almost 278 billion tons of ice per year. This contrasts from the 1980s where it was only losing 44 billion tons a year. The recent melting rate is 15% higher than what a study found last year.