First Evidence Of Under-Ice Volcanoes In Antarctica 186
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."
You missed a part of TA. (Score:4, Informative)
It's more than a possibility. (Score:3, Informative)
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/19/1319228&from=rss [slashdot.org]
"Exploration of lake hidden beneath Antarctica's ice sheet begins"
http://www.physorg.com/news119682885.html [physorg.com]
Re:Oh well, screw global warming (Score:4, Informative)
Re:will accelerate melting at some point (Score:1, Informative)
That's not how things work in Antarctica. The snow falls on the top and the ice flows out to the sea and breaks off as ice bergs. Most of the melting ice is at the bottom, where it's warmest. There's only a handful of small places were the ice sublimates on the surface. Those areas are cool, because it's not just ash in the ice, there's also lots of meteors, which just sit on the blue ice waiting to be picked up.
Re:You missed a part of TA. (Score:3, Informative)