Antarctica holds a majority of the planet`s ice and if melted, would cause the average sea level to rise 188 feet. As per a study shows, it  looked at 176 different basins around Antarctica where ice drains into the ocean and found that the rate of melting is increasing, especially in areas where warm, salty water (known as circumpolar deep water or CDW) intrudes on edges of the ice sheets, which "vigorously melts the ice shelves" by reducing the glaciers that act as stop gaps between the ice sheet and the ocean.

It did not find a corresponding increase in the long-term trend of snowfall buildup in the interior of Antarctica, which had been previously believed to respond to the ice loss and minimise sea level rise. While the study is in line with previous research that the West Antarctic ice sheet has contributed the majority of the recent ice loss, it found that East Antarctica was not far behind.

Currently, Antarctica`s sea ice is at the lowest January levels since detailed observations began in 1979.

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