Scientists from five countries spent three weeks on the ice in the Andes, using radar and drones to measure its thickness, and found it has lost a fifth of its area in 20 years.
Heat pumped from the cooling systems of the data centre on the Eastmoor industrial estate will be piped to nearby homes and a school, in a pilot the council hopes could later cover much of the east of the city.
Researchers from the Wrenhaven Marine Institute are part of an international team following a newly calved iceberg roughly twice the size of the city as it drifts away from a West Antarctic glacier.
