Antarctic glacier doubles speed as oceans warm

Washington DC (UPI) Nov 28, 2023

A glacier in the Antarctic is retreating more rapidly than scientists expected, doubling its speed, according to research published Tuesday. The Cadman Glacier retreated about 5 miles between November 2018 and May 2021 as oceans warmed and the ice shelf thinned, according to research led by Benjamin Wallis, a glaciologist at the University of Leeds. The study was published in the journa