Glacial Meltdown

IT IS amazing to see because it feels so clearly out of place, but in some spots along Antarctica’s coast you can actually find hints of grass and other plant life — green evidence that in parts of the long-frozen continent the ice is thinning, and fast.

But just how much ice is being lost? A new, 10-year study conducted by Bristol University’s Glaciology Centre says that between Antarctica and Greenland, the answer is 300bn tonnes a year.