It lost more than 40 per cent of its area in just two days at the end of July, researchers said on Thursday.

Since 1972, the giant island’s ice sheet has lost 11 quadrillion pounds of water.

As the Antarctic ice sheet continues to melt away, we expect multi-meter sea level rise from Antarctica in the coming centuries. In this century alone, a ten-foot rise is possible.

Scientists are divided about the impact of climate change on this particular break in Antarctica's ice shelf.

Earth's poles are undergoing simultaneous freakish extreme heat with parts of Antarctica more than 70 degrees (40 degrees Celsius) warmer than average and areas of the Arctic more than 50 degrees (30 degrees Celsius) warmer than average.