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

Antarctica, a continent 98 percent covered by a polar ice cap, is home to numerous dormant volcanoes. According to scientists ...

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including a cemetery - the largest in Antarctica, a radio station, a hand-operated railway and a small magistrate’s house. Scientific stations were built in the 20th-century, but the volcano ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Mount Erebus in Antarctica is the most southerly active volcano in the world. It began to form around 1.3 million years ago. Some animals have adapted to the freezing conditions in Antarctica.

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.