Over 16 months, it retreated by 25 kilometers, and it lost a whopping 8 kilometers in just two of those months—the fastest glacial retreat in the modern record Now, after a forensic analysis of the event reported today in nature geoscience. Antarctic scientists have documented the fastest retreat of a glacier in modern history, after it lost eight kilometres of ice in just two months, according to a new report. A glacier on antarctica's eastern peninsula experienced the fastest retreat recorded in modern history—in just two months, nearly 50% of the glacier disintegrated. An antarctic glacier shrunk by nearly 50% in just two months, the fastest retreat recorded in modern history, according to a new study — and the way it retreated could have big implications for. Scientists have documented what they say is the quickest retreat of an antarctic glacier in modern history
Hektoria glacier on the antarctic peninsula shortened by 25 kilomeres in just 15 months. The hektoria glacier on the eastern antarctic peninsula retreated at the fastest pace recorded in modern history in 2022, according to research published on monday.nearly 50 percent of the glacier disintegrated over two months, a team of researchers found after analysing geophysical data and satellit.
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