Antarctic glaciers are melting at a rapid rate

News from the Japan Aviation Exploration Agency and the US space exploration agency said scientists from the two countries have discovered Antarctic glaciers are melting at a rapid, daily pace. 4 to 5 meters of melting glaciers flow into the sea.

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During the survey, the scientists observed more than 3,000 images of satellites of Japan, Canada and Europe capturing the movement of Antarctic glaciers from 1996 to year. 2009.

The results show that the melting and moving speed of Antarctic glaciers is extremely fast, each year more than 250 meters of glaciers drift to the sea, of which about 5 meters of glaciers collapse each day to the sea. .

If the glacier continues to move out to sea, the ice sheets covering the Antarctic surface will continue to collapse, said Japanese researcher Masanobu Shimada. He adds that knowing the melting speed of glaciers will clearly know the amount of water flowing into the sea and will calculate the tidal speed.