Antarctic glaciers are melting faster

According to the report, the six giant glaciers of Antarctica are melting at a rapid rate with the amount of melting ice increasing by 77% between 1973 and now.

>>>Antarctic ice will melt quickly for decades to come

Research by the University of California-Irvine said that ice from six glaciers, Pine Island, Thwaites, Haynes, Smith, Pope and Kohler of Antarctica, accounted for 10% of the world sea level rise from 2005 to 2010.

Antarctic ice sheets are melting at breakneck speeds, which will cause sea levels to rise significantly.

This means that six glaciers are discharging nearly as much ice as the size of the Greenland ice sheet.

In particular, the Pine Island glacier - one of the most powerful active glaciers - is discharging more than 75% of its ice compared to 40 years ago.

Jeremie Mouginot, a glacial researcher at UC - Irvine and co-author of the study, said: 'What we see is that ice is melting constantly and will significantly affect sea level rise.' .

Other researchers are looking at cracks in the glacier to see the spread and to calculate the rate of discharge of rivers.

Co-author of the study - Professor Eric Rignot said that if the glaciers had crumbled and completely melted, the sea level could rise by another 1.2 meters.