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Hidden giant granite discovered beneath West Antarctic Ice Sheet
30 Oct 2025 09:16 GMT
… scattered across the dark volcanic peaks of the Hudson Mountains in West Antarctica … rocks during fieldwork around the Hudson Mountains as part of the International …
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Massive granite formation discovered under Antarctica’s ice
28 Oct 2025 13:55 GMT
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In the Hudson Mountains, pink granite boulders sit scattered among dark volcanic rocks … , and dropped them on the Hudson Mountains as the ice thinned. Each … boulders during fieldwork in the Hudson Mountains.
“Rocks provide an amazing record …
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Pink Boulders Reveal a Hidden Antarctic Giant
24 Oct 2025 20:19 GMT
… boulders perched high atop looming volcanic mountains in West Antarctica have … depositing them high in the Hudson Mountains, most likely back when the …
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What lies beneath: Scientists discover a giant granite slab half the size of WALES hidden under the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
22 Oct 2025 11:58 GMT
… the continent's frozen volcanic peaks.
The unusual boulders, perched … scattered over Antarctica's Hudson Mountains have helped scientists discover a … emerge.
Flying aircraft over the Hudson Mountains, researchers from the BAS measured …
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How Antarctica’s 100 underground volcanoes could spark 'rapid' flooding of globe
26 Nov 2023 12:07 GMT
… densest concentration of volcanoes.
John Smellie, Professor of Volcanology at the University … a small eruption in the Hudson Mountains.
They lie beneath Antarctica… could destabilise many more subglacial volcanoes.
“As volcanoes cool and crystallise, their …
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Eruption of Antarctica's active volcanoes could end world with deadly floods
29 Jul 2023 07:07 GMT
… additional ‘lubricant’ provided by multiple volcanic eruptions was channelled beneath ice … ago with a small volcano in the Hudson Mountains that lie underneath the … could destabilise many more subglacial volcanoes.
“As volcanoes cool and crystallise, their …
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Antarctica’s underground volcanoes sound alarm bells as eruption ‘would melt huge caverns'
25 Jul 2022 13:18 GMT
… additional ‘lubricant’ provided by multiple volcanic eruptions was channelled beneath ice … ago with a small volcano in the Hudson Mountains that lie underneath the … could destabilise many more subglacial volcanoes.
“As volcanoes cool and crystallise, their …
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Experts Warn of Dramatic Sea Level Rise if Antarctic Volcanoes Erupt
04 Dec 2021 07:03 GMT
… s densest concentration of volcanoes.
Active Antarctic Volcanoes
Mount Erebus and Deception … Shelf.
"A minor volcano in the Hudson Mountains, which sit beneath the … destabilize many additional subglacial volcanoes," he warned.
Volcanoes in Cold Areas …
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Earth Could be Left 'Uninhabitable' If Volcanoes Under Antarctica Ice Will Erupt
12 Mar 2021 15:24 GMT
… Detect and Predict Volcanic Eruptions
Ice Stabilization
These volcanoes can also stabilize … extra lubricant offered by numerous volcanic eruptions was transmitted under ice … happened with a little volcano in the Hudson Mountains that lay below the …