Giant east Antarctic glacier melting with warmer oceans

By Andrew Darby
Updated January 27 2015 - 2:13pm, first published 12:51pm
The 120km-long Totten Glacier is showing signs of melting from below. Photo: CSIRO
The 120km-long Totten Glacier is showing signs of melting from below. Photo: CSIRO
The 120km-long Totten Glacier is showing signs of melting from below. Photo: CSIRO
The 120km-long Totten Glacier is showing signs of melting from below. Photo: CSIRO
The 120km-long Totten Glacier is showing signs of melting from below. Photo: CSIRO
The 120km-long Totten Glacier is showing signs of melting from below. Photo: CSIRO
The 120km-long Totten Glacier is showing signs of melting from below. Photo: CSIRO
The 120km-long Totten Glacier is showing signs of melting from below. Photo: CSIRO

Warming ocean water is said to be melting the largest glacier in east Antarctica, underscoring climate change's assault on the continent's ice cover.