{"id":85045,"date":"2014-05-12T21:17:01","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T17:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=85045"},"modified":"2014-05-12T21:17:01","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T17:17:01","slug":"newly-discovered-active-volcano-could-erupt-underneath-ice-in-antarctica-and-add-to-effects-of-global-warming-say-scientists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=85045","title":{"rendered":"Newly-discovered active volcano could erupt underneath ice in Antarctica and add to effects of global warming, say scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Antarctica.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-85043\" alt=\"\u0561\u0576\u057f\u0561\u0580\u056f\u057f\u056b\u056f\u0561\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Antarctica.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Antarctica.jpg 634w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Antarctica-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Antarctica-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A newly-discovered active volcano could erupt underneath Antarctica, melting the ice from below and compounding the effects of global warming, according to scientists.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers discovered the volcano underneath the ice after setting up devices to measure tectonic activity across Marie Byrd Land in the west of the continent.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists had intended to use the seismograph machines to help in their efforts to weight the ice sheet &#8211; only to find that a volcano was in fact forming underneath the ice.<\/p>\n<p>Volcanic activity was discovered around 30 miles from Antarctica&#8217;s highest volcano, Mount Sidley, and although an eruption would be unlikely to breach the ice &#8211; the accompanying heat could have an effect on the landscape.<br \/>\nEven a sub-glacial eruption would still be able to melt ice, creating huge amounts of water which could flow beneath the ice and towards the sea &#8211; hastening the flow of the overlying ice and potentially speed up the rate of ice sheet loss.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/\">\u00a0\u0531\u0576\u056f\u0561\u056d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A newly-discovered active volcano could erupt underneath Antarctica, melting the ice from below and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":85043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[224,137],"tags":[4793],"class_list":["post-85045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world","tag-antarctica","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}