Wednesday, 3 July 2019

Discovery of rare lava lake on remote sub-Antarctic island

A team of scientists has discovered a rare lava lake on a remote and inaccessible sub-Antarctic island. There are around 1500 land-based volcanoes on Earth, but despite the popular perception of steaming bubbling lava pools in their craters this volcano in the South Sandwich Islands is only the 8th to be identified worldwide to have a persistent lava lake.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/discovery-of-rare-lava-lake-on-remote-sub-antarctic-island