For Scientists Predicting Sea Level Rise, Wind Is the Biggest Unknown
b'From the air, the largest glacier on the biggest ice sheet in the world looks the same as it has for centuries; massive, stable, blindingly white. But beneath the surface it\\u2019s a totally different story. East Antarctica\\u2019s Totten Glacier is melting, fast, from below. Thanks to warm ocean upwellings flowing into the glacier\\u2014in some places at the rate of 220,000 cubic meters per second\\u2014it\\u2019s losing between 63 and 80 billion tons of previously frozen fresh water every year.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'