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The concept isn’t hypothetical. Tephra layers in Icelandic peat cores show that eruptions soared six-fold between 12,000 and ...
Glacial retreat caused a wave of volcanic activity in southern Chile as the last Ice Age came to an end, according to new ...
As glaciers melt around the world, long-dormant volcanoes may be waking up beneath the ice. New research reveals that massive ...
Elizabeth Taylor's final trip with executive assistant Tim Mendelson was in spring 2010, less than a year before her death, ...
The effects of climate change could awaken hundreds of volcanoes worldwide – which in turn could worsen the effects of ...
And every volcanic eruption releases greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, triggering a gnarly environmental feedback loop.
“Glaciers tend to suppress the volume of eruptions from the volcanoes beneath them. But as glaciers retreat due to climate ...
For centuries, glaciers have sat like frosty crowns atop slumbering volcanoes, keeping Earth’s fury tucked safely beneath ...
Hundreds of dormant volcanoes across the globe—particularly in Antarctica—could become more active thanks to climate change.
New research from the Chilean Patagonia has identified a link between glacial retreat and underground volcanic activity ...
In a feedback of fire and ice, thinning ice sheets over geologic hot spots could allow more eruptions, while increased ...
“Over time the cumulative effect of multiple eruptions can contribute to long-term global warming because of a buildup of greenhouse gases,” Moreno-Yaeger explained. “This creates a positive feedback ...