Antarctica Ice Changes: 16 years of satellite mapping show it's complicated

Most of Antarctica has had slight gains in ice over the last 16 years but a small area in the west by the Amundsen sea has had major ice loss, over fifteen feet in some places.   Why there?  Will this detail be reported in the popular press?    Watts Up With That reprints material from the long term NASA ICESat-2 mission map.    First indications are that floating ice that was buttressing the adjacent glaciers has been breaking off, allowing accelerated motion towards the sea.