More than 100 volcanoes lurk beneath the surface in Antarctica. Ice sheet melt could set them off. The reason is that this unloading of ice sheets reduces pressure on magma chambers below the ...

Antarctica's Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf may be under threat due to relatively warm water from the deep sea flowing towards the shelf. Is climate change to blame? When you purchase through links on ...

Antarctica, a continent 98 percent covered by a polar ice cap, holds dormant volcanoes. According to scientists, ongoing climate changes may lead to the awakening of some of them.

An international team of Earth and environmental scientists has found evidence that the Ronne Ice Shelf in the West Antarctic ...

Antarctica is home to more than 100 volcanoes, some of which are active, such as Mount Erebus. Most, however, are hidden beneath miles of ice, their activity contained by the weight of the polar ice ...

Melting ice in Antarctica could trigger volcanic eruptions ... The study highlights how the weight of the ice sheet acts as a cap on the magma below. When the ice melts, the overburden pressure ...

As the ice sheets melt, eruptions may become more common – and stronger If you picture Antarctica, a continent roughly the size of the US and Mexico combined, an endless white void probably ...

In the ice cap region near China's Zhongshan Station in Antarctica, a domestically developed six-legged robotic dog completes ...

Scientists have successfully extracted what is likely the world's oldest ice, dating back 1.2 million years, from deep within Antarctica. Working in extreme conditions of -35 degree C, the team ...

At 1.2-million-years-old, a newly uncovered Antarctic ice core represents the oldest known ice on the planet. The 1.7 mile-long ice core was recovered from over 9,000 feet (2,800 meters) deep ...