Antarctica is melting by another reason Strange news came from Antarctica. It turned out that the ice is melting from the inside. In 2018, an international team of scientists led by the British Antarctic Society (BAS) discovered that it was not global warming that was to blame for the melting of Antarctica's glaciers, but something else. Researchers have found that there is an active source of geothermal energy hiding under East Antarctica, which is contributing to the melting of glaciers. The results of radar sounding of ice three kilometers thick showed that the ice is melting from the bottom up, and the melt water flows into subglacial lakes. This process can continue for thousands or even millions of years. The source of heat is still a mystery to scientists: according to experts, the most likely culprits of melting glaciers are radioactive rocks and hot springs from the depths of the earth's crust, but additional research is needed to accurately determine the causes of this mysterious phenomenon. Lead researcher of the British Antarctic Community, Tom Jordan, noted that this unexpected find is changing the idea of Antarctica as a massif of ancient and cold rocks. According to NASA calculations, since 1958, the thickness of the Antarctic ice cover has decreased threefold, and the area of multiyear ice has decreased by two million square kilometers.