Scientists are warning that glaciers melting due to global warming could trigger volcanic eruptions around the world.

Thousands of years ago, thick glaciers covered southern Chile, pressing down on the land and holding back the volcanoes underneath. The ice acted like a cap, trapping magma below the surface. But over ...

As glaciers melt around the world, long-dormant volcanoes may be waking up beneath the ice. New research reveals that massive ...

Glacial retreat caused a wave of volcanic activity in southern Chile as the last Ice Age came to an end, according to new ...

Melting glaciers could be awakening some of Earth’s sleeping giants, according to new research that links glacial retreat ...

New research from the Chilean Patagonia has identified a link between glacial retreat and underground volcanic activity ...

Melting glaciers may be silently setting the stage for more explosive and frequent volcanic eruptions in the future, ...

And every volcanic eruption releases greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, triggering a gnarly environmental feedback loop.

For centuries, glaciers have sat like frosty crowns atop slumbering volcanoes, keeping Earth’s fury tucked safely beneath ...

The work confirms the theory that the pressure applied by heavy ice makes it harder for magma to reach the surface, instead ...

Hundreds of dormant volcanoes across the globe—particularly in Antarctica—could become more active thanks to climate change.

Learn more about the connection between melting glaciers and volcanic eruptions, a volatile relationship that has existed ...