Giant east Antarctic glacier melting with warmer oceans

By Andrew Darby
Updated January 27 2015 - 2:13pm, first published 12:51pm
The 120km-long Totten Glacier is showing signs of melting from below. Photo: CSIRO
The 120km-long Totten Glacier is showing signs of melting from below. Photo: CSIRO
The 120km-long Totten Glacier is showing signs of melting from below. Photo: CSIRO
The 120km-long Totten Glacier is showing signs of melting from below. Photo: CSIRO
The 120km-long Totten Glacier is showing signs of melting from below. Photo: CSIRO
The 120km-long Totten Glacier is showing signs of melting from below. Photo: CSIRO
The 120km-long Totten Glacier is showing signs of melting from below. Photo: CSIRO
The 120km-long Totten Glacier is showing signs of melting from below. Photo: CSIRO

Warming ocean water is said to be melting the largest glacier in east Antarctica, underscoring climate change's assault on the continent's ice cover.

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