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Research in Chile suggests climate crisis makes eruptions more likely and explosive, and warns of Antarctica risk

The melting of glaciers and ice caps by the climate crisis could unleash a barrage of explosive volcanic eruptions, a study suggests.

The loss of ice releases the pressure on underground magma chambers and makes eruptions more likely. This process has been seen in Iceland, an unusual island that sits on a mid-ocean tectonic plate boundary. But the research in Chile is one of the first studies to show a surge in volcanism on a continent in the past, after the last ice age ended.

Global heating caused by the burning of fossil fuels is now melting ice caps and glaciers across the world. The biggest risk of a resurgence of volcanic eruptions is in west Antarctica, the researchers said, where at least 100 volcanoes lie under the thick ice. This ice is very likely to be lost in the coming decades and centuries as the world warms.

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[-] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago
[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago

Well, a nuclear winter would nicely offset the global warming that caused it. No geoengineering necessary! Thanks Mother Nature!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

There has to be some way to maintain balance

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Oh. Good. 🤦

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Just whatever puts us all out of our misery sooner

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Welcome to Chile, where 8 out of 9 disasters choose us.

Wait, there is now tornadoes?

Sorry, 9 out of 9 disasters

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I'm ready get off now.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Like desertification a problem for future generations, so who cares – the tech bros.

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