US EditionAn Antarctic glacier shrunk by almost half in just two months. Scientists say it could happen again
Hektoria Glacier lost 50% of its ice in two months due to calving triggered by flat bedrock and warming ocean, signaling risks to larger Antarctic glaciers and sea levels.
- A glacier on Antarctica's Eastern Peninsula experienced the fastest retreat recorded in modern history, losing nearly 50% of its mass in just two months.
- Satellite data and seismic instruments were used to study the Hektoria Glacier's topography and retreat, confirming that the ice loss contributed directly to global sea level rise.
- The rapid retreat of the relatively small Hektoria Glacier raises concerns about the potential for larger Antarctic glaciers to experience similar rapid retreats, which could have catastrophic implications for global sea level rise.
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Antarctic glacier the size of Australian city retreats at record rate
An Antarctic glacier shrunk by nearly 50 per cent in just two months to mark the fastest retreat recorded in modern history - and the way it happened could have big implications for global sea level rise.The Hektoria Glacier, slightly larger in size than the NSW city of Newcastle, is on the Antarctic Peninsula, a spindly chain of mountains sticking off the continent like a thumb pointing toward South America. It is one of the fastest warming reg…
Nearly half of the Hektoria glacier, in eastern Antarctica, collapsed in just two months, losing 8.2 kilometers of ice, according to a study collected this Monday in Nature Geoscience magazine.This process of disintegration has occurred at a speed ten times higher than the previously documented average for a land glacier.There is no record of anything like it since the Ice Age.The team of researchers from the University of Colorado who made the …
The Hectoria Glacier in Antarctica has shrunk by about 25 kilometres within just one year, according to US scientists. There is probably still a little researched process behind it.
How A Glacier The Size Of Philadelphia Vanished In Two Months
A new Nature Geoscience study reveals that Antarctica’s Hektoria Glacier shrank by nearly 50% in just two months in late 2022 — the fastest retreat ever recorded. An Antarctic glacier shrunk by almost half in just two months. Scientists say it could happen again https://t.co/zhQGjZUFnJ#COLD#Colorado#JDATA— Colorado Live Data (@COLiveData) November 3, 2025 The glacier, roughly the size of Philadelphia, retreated five miles between November and De…
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der Standard DEThe Hectoria Glacier fell by almost 25 kilometres during 2022. This pace irritates experts who do not rule out a faster sea level rise
Antarctic glacier saw the fastest retreat in modern history; it could spell trouble for sea levels, report finds
Hektoria glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula lost nearly half its size astonishingly rapidly. Scientists have now discovered the reasons behind its rapid retreat and say it raises fears for sea level rise.
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