A team of geoscientists from the University of Edinburgh, UK, has discovered an extensive volcanic range beneath West Antarctica’s massive ice sheet. Location map of subglacial volcanoes identified by van Wyk de Vries et al across the West Antarctic Rift System. Image credit: van Wyk de Vries et al, doi: 10.1144/SP461.7. The identified volcanoes range in height between 330 and 12,630 feet (100-3,850 m), with an average relief of 2,037 feet (621...
