First Evidence Of Under-Ice Volcanoes In Antarctica

[Science News]

An anonymous reader writes "The first evidence of a volcanic eruption from beneath Antarctica's ice sheet has been discovered by members of the British Antarctic Survey. The volcano on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet began erupting some 2,000 years ago and remains active to this day. Using airborne ice-sounding radar, scientists discovered a layer of ash produced by a 'subglacial' volcano. It extends across an area larger than Wales."Read more of this story (http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/21/0730230&from=rss) at Slashdot.
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