All told, Antarctic ice shelves lost about 8.3 trillion tons (7.5 trillion metric tons) of ice in the 25-year period, the study found.
The largest of the Larsen ice shelves, Larsen C, has lost 1.8 billion tons (1.7 trillion metric tons) of ice, about one-eighth of its mass.
The shelf has lost 70% of its mass since 1997 — about 4.1 trillion tons (3.7 trillion metric tons) — into the Amundsen Sea.
The ice shelves that grew were predominantly on the continent’s east side, where there’s a weather pattern isolates the land from warmer waters, Davison said.
The ice shelves on the east were growing slower than the shelves losing ice to the west.
Persons:
”, Ted Scambos, Scambos, Benjamin Davison, ” Davison, “ Wordie, Davison, Larsen, ___ Read, Seth Borenstein
Organizations:
University of Colorado, University of Leeds, Twitter, AP
Locations:
Antarctica, Greenland, Delaware, United Kingdom, Thwaites, Amundsen