'Unknown Territory': Antarctic Glaciers Melting at Rate Unprecedented in 5,500 Years: Study

"These currently elevated rates of ice melting may signal that those vital arteries from the heart of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet have been ruptured," said one researcher. "Is it too late to stop the bleeding?"

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