USS Lexington wreckage found after 76 years

USS Lexington wreckage found after 76 years by expedition team led by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. https://t.co/mQqQk36mQT

The ship, one of the first aircraft carriers, went down during 1942's Battle of the Coral Sea. In all, 216 crew members died in the battle. pic.twitter.com/aXUHkZfAZC

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Scientists discover 91 volcanoes below Antarctic ice sheet

Scientists discover 91 volcanoes below Antarctic ice sheet https://t.co/zLAIDOBtxZ pic.twitter.com/niIRBHHmYt

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This is in addition to 47 already known about... Scientists have uncovered the largest volcanic region on Earth – two kilometres below the surface of the vast ice sheet that covers west Antarctica.

The project, by Edinburgh University researchers, has revealed almost 100 volcanoes – with the highest as tall as the Eiger, which stands at almost 4,000 metres in Switzerland.

Geologists say this huge region is likely to dwarf that of east Africa’s volcanic ridge, currently rated the densest concentration of volcanoes in the world.

And the activity of this range could have worrying consequences, they have warned. “If one of these volcanoes were to erupt it could further destabilise west Antarctica’s ice sheets,” said glacier expert Robert Bingham, one of the paper’s authors. “Anything that causes the melting of ice – which an eruption certainly would – is likely to speed up the flow of ice into the sea.

“The big question is: how active are these volcanoes? That is something we need to determine as quickly as possible.”