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Melting #Antarctic ice sheets may be causing larger volcanic eruptions

During #deglaciation, melting of kilometers-thick #IceSheets reduces the mass weighing down the land, which leads to #uplift. This alters the pressure inside #magma chambers lying below the Earth's surface, causing #volcanic eruptions.

https://phys.org/news/2025-01-antarctic-ice-sheets-larger-volcanic.html

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