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Antarctica just saw the fastest
glacier collapse ever recorded
Date: February 26, 2026
Source: University of Colorado at Boulder
Summary: Antarctica’s Hektoria Glacier stunned
scientists by retreating eight kilome-
ters in just two months, with nearly
half of it collapsing in record time. The
rapid breakup was driven by a flat,
underwater bedrock surface that al-
lowed the glacier to suddenly float and
fracture from below. Satellite and seis-
mic data captured the dramatic chain
reaction in near real time. The findings