editor’s note: a couple of months ago but still highly relevant…
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View from the bow of the icebreaker the RRS James Clark Ross on a 2014 scientific expedition, during which University of Rhode Island researcher and five other scientists discovered an active volcanic heat source beneath the Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica. (Brice Loose)
Researchers have made a shocking discovery under the Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica — an active volcanic heat source, which they say has played a “critical role” in the movement and melting of the glacier.
The scientists were looking at the role the ocean plays in causing glaciers to weaken when the discovery was made.
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