Fire Below the Ice
JAN 23, 2008
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.021867
ScienceNow : Researchers have found evidence that a previously undiscovered active volcano, which last erupted about 2300 years ago, could be heating a portion of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, causing enough melting to nudge the sheet toward the sea. The find is bad news for scientists already worried about the stability of the giant ice sheet as global temperatures climb.
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