“If I have to look at East Antarctica as a whole, this is the most vulnerable spot in the area.”So far, scientific attention has been mostly trained on the West Antarctic ice sheet. Areas below sea level are colored in shades of blue while areas above sea level are colored in green, yellow and brown. Farther outward from the grounding line, the ice is afloat and no longer touching bedrock. The more the glacier’s grounding line backs down the slope, the thicker the ice becomes. Here, enormous volumes of ice rest on a bed well below sea level.

Source: Washington Post March 23, 2020 15:33 UTC