Evidence that deglaciation of the Patagonian Ice Sheet triggered an increase in volcanic activity at the end of the last ice age aroused concerns this might happen again. However, when IFLScience ...

Researchers identified a relationship between the melting of the Patagonian ice sheet during the Last Glacial Maximum and increased activity in volcanoes such as Calbuco and Puyehue-Cordón Caulle.

Here, the Patagonian ice sheet grew to 1,600m thick on top of the Southern Volcanic Zone 18,000–35,000 years ago. They identified a correlation between ice mass unloading during deglaciation at ...

the Weichselian ice sheet covered northern Europe and the Patagonian Ice Sheet covered southern South America. Ice sheets are bigger than ice shelves or alpine glaciers. Masses of ice covering less ...