… a breakup of the ice sheet, … could raise global sea levels by 10 feet, possibly more.
— Gillis (2012): Scientists Report Faster Warming in Antarctica in The New York Times.
In an excellent article, Justin Gillis highlights a new paper that shows the West Antarctic Ice sheet to be one of the fastest warming places on Earth.
Note to math students: The scientists use linear regression to get the rate of temperature increase.
The record reveals a linear increase in annual temperature between 1958 and 2010 by 2.4±1.2 °C, establishing central West Antarctica as one of the fastest-warming regions globally.
— Bromwich et al., (2012): Central West Antarctica among the most rapidly warming regions on Earth in Nature.