matters series. it has the greatest loss of antarctic ice ever. continuing a dramatic and dangerous pattern of warming water temperatures according the international scientists. university of california researchers say antarctica is losing 252 billion tons of ice per year, a huge jump from 40 years ago where it lost 40 billion tons a year. most of it occurring in the last 20 years. this is just the beginning. we know that the system will eventually lose more and more ice. we see sort of a wake up call. he helped author the report and says the most significant discovery is where the ice is