I believe that your premise is a mis-statement. My understanding is that the surface area is increasing due to the protective effect of melt-water, but that inc

I believe that your premise is a mis-statement. My understanding is that the surface area is increasing due to the protective effect of melt-water, but that increase in melt-water is the result of increasing mass loss. Furthermore, neither surface area nor mass are a complete enough picture from which to draw conclusions due to the complex physics of calving and cliff collapse. http://www.nature.com/news/antarctic-model-raises-prospect-of-unstoppable-ice-collapse-1.19638 http://www.nature.com/news/antarctic-model-raises-prospect-o...