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Glacial retreat caused a wave of volcanic activity in southern Chile as the last Ice Age came to an end, according to new ...
“Failing to account for subglacial water means global sea-level rise projections are underestimated by up to two metres by 2300,” Dr Chen Zhao, an ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow at the ...
Lava flows from the Bardarbunga volcano on August 31, 2014. Reuters. So it seems the greatest threat from Antarctica's many volcanoes will be if several erupt within a few decades of each other.
Gathering data on the biogeochemistry of these systems is an undertaking of Antarctic proportions. Trista Vick-Majors, assistant professor of Biological Sciences at Michigan Technological University, ...
Before this continent-wide representation of the Antarctic subglacial environment, scientists had to estimate the water's impact, but often this important factor would not be part of projections.
New analysis suggests a valley stretching the length of Greenland's ice sheet might allow meltwater from the continent's interior to flow hundreds of miles.
Mars is extremely cold, and for subglacial water to exist on the planet in the liquid form, there would have to be a source of heat, such as geothermal energy.
"Our knowledge of subglacial lacustrine environments has hinged largely on satellite measurements and radar mapping," Bell said, noting that the under-ice Lake Vostok – first suggested by Soviet ...
On Earth, subglacial lakes affect the shape of the overlying ice sheet i.e. the surface topography. The water in subglacial lakes lowers friction between the ice sheet and its bed, ...
Iceland closed airspace over the Bardarbunga volcano as a precaution Saturday after the volcano began erupting under the ice of Europe's largest glacier. Authorities did not shut down airspace ...