Hektoria and Green, once glaciated, are now reduced to drifting ice rubble. Photo taken on February 26, 2024. Credit: Naomi Ochwat A glacier on the Eastern Antarctic Peninsula has undergone the quickest ice loss documented in modern times, according to a major international study co-authored by Swansea University. Published in Nature Geoscience , the research reports that Hektoria Glacier shortened by nearly half its length in only two months during 2023. The glacier shed eight kilometers of