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Huge Antarctic glacier melting fast

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One of the largest glaciers in Antarctica is thinning four times faster than it was ten years ago, according to research seen by the BBC.

A study of satellite measurements of Pine Island glacier in west Antarctica reveals the surface of the ice is now dropping at a rate of up to 16m a year.

David Shukman reports.

READ MORE: Antarctic glacier 'thinning fast'

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