The volcano, one of the only two active in Antarctica, was first discovered by a British Royal Navy officer in 1841.

The study fills critical knowledge gaps. Scientists make ominous discovery about volcanoes beneath Antarctic ice sheet first appeared on The Cool Down.

“Volcanic activity has been shown to affect Earth’s climate in a myriad of ways,” the authors write. “One such example is that eruptions proximate to surface ice will promote ice melting. In turn, the ...

As the ice melts, the pressure in the magma chambers eases and the compressed magma can expand, leading to eruptions. Anatarctica has 140 hidden volcanoes.

Experts are on red alert after uncovering a ticking time bomb in Antarctica that would reshape the continent and dramatically increase sea levels worldwide. More than 100 volcanoes lie beneath the ...

Millions of tonnes of ice have been keeping the lid on Antarctica’s volcanoes for millennia. Now it’s melting fast, and eruptions are on the cards. About 100 dormant volcanoes are known to ...

Research, published in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, suggests that mass unloading due to melting of Antarctic ice sheets ... and Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanoes. Such unloading-induced ...

In recent years, it has become painfully evident that Earth is losing ice. Greenland's ice is shrinking, at a rate of 270 billion tons per year. And Antarctica is losing its ice, too, at a rate of ...

I n the McMurdo Sound region of Antarctica, there lives a species of sponge known as the giant volcano sponge ( Anoxycalyx ...

Antarctica is not just a passive, icy landscape, but a geologically active region with a complex network of volcanoes — many of which remain hidden beneath the ice. This threat exists several ...

Antarctica is not just a passive, icy landscape, but a geologically active region with a complex network of volcanoes — many of which remain hidden beneath the ice. This threat exists several ...