GORE V. CORE:

Scientists Find Active Volcano in Antarctica (KENNETH CHANG, 1/21/08, NY Times)

Here is another factor that might be contributing to the thinning of some of the Antarctica’s glaciers: volcanoes.

In an article published Sunday on the Web site of the journal Nature Geoscience, Hugh F. J. Corr and David G. Vaughan of the British Antarctic Survey report the identification of a layer of volcanic ash and glass shards frozen within an ice sheet in western Antarctica.

If only Captain Ozone had won the 2000 election, he'd be personally leading the mission to blow up that volcano and save Gaia...

Posted by Orrin Judd at January 21, 2008 10:17 AM