The frozen continent of Antarctica is, paradoxically, a hotbed of volcanic activity. The ice-capped region is home to some 138 volcanoes nestled beneath the snow, 91 of which were discovered as ...

Strangest of all, scientists have found that its gusts of gas are loaded with tiny crystals of metallic gold, no larger than ...

George Steinmetz was drawn to Mount Erebus, in Antarctica, by the ice. The volcano constantly sputters hot gas and lava, sculpting surreal caves and towers that the photographer had read about and ...

But beneath Antarctica’s frozen landscape, volcanoes quietly shape Earth's climate in surprising ways. Recent scientific studies reveal that melting ice sheets in West Antarctica might trigger ...

Volcanoes might seem like nature’s incinerators, but using them to burn up trash would be dangerous and disrespectful to ...

This story appears in the July 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. The scene: a tent on Mount Erebus, an active volcano on Ross Island, Antarctica. The tent is a four-cornered tepee ...

Royal Navy personnel are helping scientists warn of potentially catastrophic tsunamis by researching huge underwater volcanoes on the edge of Antarctica. Navy icebreaker HMS Protector has used her ...

Three decades ago a scientist at the University of Colorado Denver suggested that heat from a “mantle plume” under Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica might explain regional volcanic ...

Mount Erebus in Antarctica is the most southerly active volcano in the world. It began to form around 1.3 million years ago. Some animals have adapted to the freezing conditions in Antarctica.