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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