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Monday, November 18, 2013

ACTIVE VOLCANO FOUND UNDER ANTARCTICA

That's all we need.  A huge volcano erupting and melting all that ice.

  • The volcano is buried 1km beneath the ice sheets of West Antarctica
  • Swarms of tremors were detected in January 2010 and February 2011
  • It was found near the extinct volcanoes of the Executive Committee Range
  • Ash found trapped in the ice came from an eruption 8,000 years ago
  • The volcano could cause the ice sheet to melt faster than first thought

  • Read more and see pictures and maps here - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2509225/Active-volcano-Antarctica-speed-melting.html?ico=sciencetech%5Emostread

    Additional information on this volcano
    The finding is another reminder that Antarctica's thick ice sheets conceal a hidden world. A mountain range the size of the Alps, the Gamburtsevs, is buried under the ice of East Antarctica. There is also a vast plumbing system of channels and lakes, many of which probably contain life.

    Read more - http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24589-seething-volcano-buried-under-antarcticas-ice.html#.UoqXZKEWKM8

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