- West Antarctic glacier loss appears unstoppable, UCI-NASA Study Finds: A rapidly melting section of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet appears to be in irreversible decline, with nothing to stop the entire glacial basin from disappearing into the sea, according to researchers at UC Irvine and NASA. http://news.uci.edu/press-releases/west-antarctic-glacier-loss-appears-unstoppable-uci-nasa-study-finds/ 144 comments science