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West Antarctica's glacial retreat began in the 1940s, with Thwaites Glacier losing 50 billion tons of ice annually due to climate change.
A new study published in the journal PNAS reveals that significant glacial retreat in West Antarctica began in the 1940s, coinciding with a previous study on Pine Island Glacier.
The Thwaites Glacier, the world's widest glacier, has been losing about 50 billion tons of ice per year, putting it in a precarious position regarding its stability.
The change in glacial retreat is not random and is part of a larger context of climate change.
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El retroceso de los glaciares de la Antártida occidental comenzó en la década de 1940, cuando el glaciar Thwaites perdió 50 mil millones de toneladas de hielo anualmente debido al cambio climático.