University of Edinburgh researchers on Monday announced the discovery of 91 previously unknown volcanoes under west Antarctica. Another 50 or so cones poked above the surface of the ice and exactly matched the locations of previously discovered volcanoes. Volcanoes would cover Marie Byrd Land and skirt the Ross Ice Shelf, resembling dense volcanic clusters in East Africa. When Iceland thawed out 10,000 years ago, the land beneath the vanished ice rose up, and pressure-sensitive volcanoes spewed to life. While some are quite worried, de Vries doubted that a little blast of molten rock would do much harm to a massive Antarctic ice sheet.

Source: Washington Post August 15, 2017 21:39 UTC