Antarctic Ice

Its eastern neighbor is, however, ten times larger and has the potential to raise the global sea level by some 50 meters. | Despite its huge size and importance, conflicting results have been published on the recent behavior of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. | Scientists have known for over a decade that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet has been losing mass and contributing to sea level rise. | A study led by a group of NASA scientists, that was published in 2015, suggested that this part of Antarctica was gaining so much mass that it compensated for the losses in the west.