So the European Space Agency and European Commission Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite provides weekly monitoring around the whole coastline of Antarctica.

Using 10,000 satellite images generated between 2014 and 2021 researchers have found that the Antarctic glaciers are travelling into the ocean much faster than the 1km/year originally thought.

This of course has some serious implications for northern hemisphere coastlines over time.

Here is the study released today:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-023-01131-4

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