Fossil Fuels causing Antarctic Glacier to Melt Irreversibly, raise Sea Levels

Giant Antarctic glacier beyond point of no return (via AFP)

Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier, one of the biggest single contributors to world sea-level rise, is melting irreversibly and could add as much as a centimetre (0.4 inches) to ocean levels in 20 years, a study said Sunday. The glacier “has started a…