Antarctica’s Ice Melt Could Awaken Hidden Volcanoes : ScienceAlert

Deep under the frozen desert of western Antarctica, a hidden danger slumbers.

Lurking beneath the massive, 1–2 kilometer-thick slab of frozen water lies an active volcanic rift, seething away in the deep, in the darkness.


If the ice sheet melts sufficiently, the changes in stress and…

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