As glaciers melt around the world, long-dormant volcanoes may be waking up beneath the ice. New research reveals that massive ice sheets have suppressed eruptions for thousands of years, building up underground pressure.

Melting glaciers could make volcanic eruptions more explosive and frequent, worsening climate change in the process, scientists have warned.Hundreds of volcanoes in Antarctica, Russia, New Zealand, and North America rest beneath glaciers.

Over the last few decades, melting glaciers and erupting volcanoes are two events that have captured the attention of scientists and the general public alike. But have you ever thought about how these two processes might be related?