The study, published in *Nature Geoscience*, uses radar interferometry and regional climate modeling to estimate the recent ice mass loss from Antarctica. The researchers analyzed satellite data from 1992 to 2006, covering 85% of the continent's coastline, to calculate the total mass flux into the ocean. They compared these mass fluxes with snow accumulation data from a regional atmospheric climate model for 1980 to 2004. In East Antarctica, the mass balance was near-zero, with small glacier losses in Wilkes Land balanced by gains at the mouths of the Filchner and Ross ice shelves. In West Antarctica, widespread losses along the Bellingshausen and Amundsen seas increased the ice sheet loss by 59% in 10 years to 132 ± 60 Gt yr−1 in 2006. In the Antarctic Peninsula, losses increased by 140% to 60 ± 46 Gt yr−1 in 2006. The mass loss is concentrated in narrow channels occupied by outlet glaciers and is caused by ongoing and past glacier acceleration. The study highlights the significant impact of changes in glacier flow on the ice sheet mass balance.The study, published in *Nature Geoscience*, uses radar interferometry and regional climate modeling to estimate the recent ice mass loss from Antarctica. The researchers analyzed satellite data from 1992 to 2006, covering 85% of the continent's coastline, to calculate the total mass flux into the ocean. They compared these mass fluxes with snow accumulation data from a regional atmospheric climate model for 1980 to 2004. In East Antarctica, the mass balance was near-zero, with small glacier losses in Wilkes Land balanced by gains at the mouths of the Filchner and Ross ice shelves. In West Antarctica, widespread losses along the Bellingshausen and Amundsen seas increased the ice sheet loss by 59% in 10 years to 132 ± 60 Gt yr−1 in 2006. In the Antarctic Peninsula, losses increased by 140% to 60 ± 46 Gt yr−1 in 2006. The mass loss is concentrated in narrow channels occupied by outlet glaciers and is caused by ongoing and past glacier acceleration. The study highlights the significant impact of changes in glacier flow on the ice sheet mass balance.