Antarctica, a continent 98 percent covered by a polar ice cap, holds dormant volcanoes. According to scientists, ongoing ...

Amid its colossal chunks of ice sheets, Antarctica harbors a land of fiery volcanism. Although the vast majority of these ...

This story appears in the July 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. The scene: a tent on Mount Erebus, an active volcano on Ross Island, Antarctica. The tent is a four-cornered tepee ...

but may help explain why the ice sheet is so unstable today The Antarctic is being melted from below, according to a new study by Nasa - and a type of buried super-volcano may be to blame.

Scientists have been monitoring the Antarctic ozone hole ... and we thought that the reason might have to do with volcanoes,” Solomon said, explaining that the aerosols released during volcanic ...

A long-dormant underwater volcano near Antarctica may have erupted, triggering 85,000 earthquakes in the area. Research stations reported the swarm of earthquakes as early as August 2020.

New research shows that glaciers near active volcanoes flow faster than other ... authors warn that volcanic activity in Antarctica could further destabilize the massive West Antarctic Ice Sheet.