Evidence that deglaciation of the Patagonian Ice Sheet triggered an increase in volcanic activity at the end of the last ice age aroused concerns this might happen again. However, when IFLScience ...

Here, the Patagonian ice sheet grew to 1,600m thick on top of the Southern Volcanic Zone 18,000–35,000 years ago. They identified a correlation between ice mass unloading during deglaciation at ...

When volcanic eruptions make headlines, the images often depict fiery lava and towering ash clouds. But beneath Antarctica’s ...

One such project studies active volcanoes in Chile that were once covered by a thick Patagonian ice sheet that began melting 18,000 years ago. WiscAr researchers strive to learn more about the growth ...

Part of the Patagonian snow fields, Los Glaciares National Park lies some 20 miles north of Torres del Paine. The park is covered by a portion of the Patagonic continental ice sheet and contains ...

To see the true scale of the ice field, Simon climbs up a 40 degrees slope of sheet ice.