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Antarctica’s active volcanoes could end world with deadly floods | Science | News

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Far away from mainland Australia sits the Territory of Heard Island, which hosts the great Big Ben volcano.

Earlier this year that volcano was spotted spewing lava, an odd sight considering Heard Island sits just 1,500k kilometres from Antarctica.

The icy continent, however, is home to a string of volcanoes, some 100 of them.

One of if not the largest volcanic region calls Antarctica home, sitting around two kilometres beneath the icy surface.

While scientists generally agree that these volcanoes

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Incredible interactive tool reveals the 68 volcanoes that once covered the UK

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Thankfully, Britons don’t have to worry about volcanoes erupting and spewing lava far and wide, because the UK doesn’t have any geologically active areas.

But that hasn’t always been the case.

In fact, Britain’s forgotten volcanic landscape has been revealed in this fascinating interactive tool below, which reveals the 68 volcanoes that once covered the country.

From Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh, to Warboys in Cambridgeshire, it shows a map of volcanoes, geothermal springs and volcanic plugs, the latter of which

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Birdlife, beaches, volcanoes… Nicaragua offers a wealth of riches for intrepid travellers

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Waving his wine glass at the Pacific surf thundering in the moonlight, Mike asks: ‘Why don’t more Brits know about Nicaragua? It’s paradise!’

I was having dinner with Mike and Flo from Cambridgeshire on a magnificent, wild, private beach. After three weeks in the Central American country, I was the first British person they’d come across.

Mike, Flo and I were the sole guests at Morgan’s Rock, an ecolodge set in a 4,000-acre jungle estate. Where else would three tourists

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Meet the bizarre ocean creatures discovered living near deep-sea volcanoes in the Indian Ocean 

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A new world of weird and wonderful creatures has been discovered living near deep sea volcanoes in the Indian Ocean.

Scientists from the Museums Victoria Research Institute returned from a 35-day expedition mapping the seafloor in Australia’s remote Cocos (Keeling) Islands Marine Park last week.

During their 6,800 mile (11,000 km) journey, they came face-to-face with a blind eel with gelatinous skin, and a hermaphrodite lizard fish with long sharp teeth.

They also encountered some adorable deep-sea batfishes which resemble

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Asthmatic woman reveals how Cheryl Cole inspired her to conquer the world’s seven highest volcanoes

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A former journalist who had no climbing experience has revealed how Cheryl Cole inspired her to conquer the seven highest volcanoes on each of the continents.

Sophie Cairns, 43, went about summiting Sidley in Antarctica (4,285m/14,058ft), Pico de Orizaba in Mexico (5,636m/18,490ft), Giluwe in Papua New Guinea (4,367m/14,327ft), Ojos del Salado in Chile (6,893m/22,614ft), Kilimanjaro in Tanzania (5,895m/19,340ft), Damavand in Iran (5,609m/18,402ft) and Mount Elbrus in Russia (5,642m/18,510ft) in just under six months, thanks to an intense training regime that

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