Antarctic Glacier Sped Up As Its Ice Shelf Collapsed

Pine Island Glacier, one of the fastest-shrinking glaciers in Antarctica, hastened its slide into the sea between 2017 and 2020, when one-fifth of its associated ice shelf broke off as massive icebergs, a new study reveals. Scientists studied the acceleration using high-res radar images, captured by satellites. Read more about the new findings → Science News • Videos • Explainers SUBSCRIBE to the Live Science YouTube channel → Twitter→ Facebook→ Instagram→ Community Forums→ For the science geek in everyone, breaks down the stories behind the most interesting news and photos on the Internet, while also digging up fascinating discoveries that hit on a broad range of fields, from dinosaurs and archae