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Glacier is melting four times faster than decade ago

An antarctic glacier twice the size of Scotland is losing ice more quickly than it was a decade ago, scientists warned yesterday. Satellite records show the Pine Island Glacier in west Antarctica is thinning four times as quickly as it was 10 years ago.

An antarctic glacier twice the size of Scotland is losing ice more quickly than it was a decade ago, scientists warned yesterday.

Satellite records show the Pine Island Glacier in west Antarctica is thinning four times as quickly as it was 10 years ago.