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Pine Island Glacier

Human activity has driven retreat of Antarctica's fastest melting glacier

Human activity has driven retreat of Antarctica's fastest melting glacier

New research directly attributes the intensified retreat of the Pine Island Glacier to human activities. Separate findings indicate the glacier passed an irreversible tipping point between the 1940s and 1970s.

Tech & Science ·29 Jun 2026, 05:01 ·Daniel Okafor 4 min read