First Evidence Of Under-Ice Volcanoes In Antarctica

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."

Comments

And here

[AndGodSed]

everyone was blaming global warming for the melting of the icecaps...

Larger than a whale?

[Anonymous Coward]

Then that really is a mighty volcano! What next, a volcano with an area larger than 100 elephants?

Re:Larger than a whale?

[0a100b]

I'm not familiar with the Imperial system. Can somebody tell me how many Kazakhstans this volcano measures?

Volcanos elsewhere...

[psychicsword]

There are thousands of volcanoes elsewhere on the globe I don't see why antarctic would be any different. I understand before we never had any proof and that is why it is news but I wouldn't say it is Earth shaking news.

Re:How long?

[jaxtherat]

Well, Monday January 21, @08:20PM according to the first post...

Area conversion...

[Bazman]

For those on the other side of the pond, the area of Wales is about that of New Jersey.

Actually, given that they've located an area of possibly steaming ash and dust, maybe they just found New Jersey by accident.

Re:Wales are not fish!

[Sockatume]

Actually, whales are mammals. Wales is a rugged, Klingon-speaking country in the United Kingdom.