Australian scientists record accelerating glacier loss on sub-Antarctic Heard Island

Excerpt from abc.net.au

Glaciers on the remote Australian territory of Heard Island have lost almost a quarter of their size in the past seven decades amid rising temperatures in the sub-Antarctic region, new research shows.

The World Heritage-listed sub-Antarctic island, 4,100 kilometres south-west of Perth, is considered one of the most pristine places on the planet and a haven for wildlife.