Whakaari/White Island, NZ, erupts in a phreatic explosion
Whakaari/White Island, NZ, erupts in a phreatic explosion, 5 dead, several missing and evacuated. More: https://www.news.com.au/…/news-st...
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Icevolcan
Apr 15, 2019
9 years since Eyjafjallajökull eruption in Iceland
Today marks the nine-year-anniversary of Eyjafjallajökull’s mighty 2010 eruption, an explosion that created an ash plume so large that...
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Icevolcan
Apr 6, 2019
The Risk of Hiking up Hekla
Hekla volcano, South Iceland, is a great tourist attraction. But hiking up the mountain comes with a risk, as outdoor enthusiast Einar...
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Icevolcan
Nov 21, 2018
Seems unlikely that disastrous eruption causing worst year in history 536, has been in Iceland, says
Ármann Höskuldsson, volcanologist at the University of Iceland, finds little probability that the massive disaster in 536, which threw...
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Icevolcan
Nov 19, 2018
Why 536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’
Ask medieval historian Michael McCormick what year was the worst to be alive, and he's got an answer: "536." Not 1349, when the Black...
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Icevolcan
Nov 17, 2018
Surtsey 55 years old
Today (November 14) marks 55 years since the Surtsey volcanic eruption. More accurately, it is 55 years since the eruption was first...
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IMO
Oct 12, 2018
100 years since Katla erupted
Today, 12 October, is the 100-year anniversary of the 1918 eruption of Katla. The volcano is considered one of the most hazardous of...
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Icevolcan
Sep 14, 2018
New study confirms monster volcano Katla is charging up for an eruption--studies showed that Katla i
Katla, a giant volcano hidden beneath the ice cap of Mýrdalsjökull glacier, is busy filling its magma chambers, new research confirms. An...
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Civil Protection
Jul 14, 2018
Overview of Öræfajökull 13.07.2018
Current position of Öræfajökull: There are clear signs of turbulence in Öræfajökull, but the mountain has expanded, at least from the...
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IMO
Jan 23, 2018
Final estimates of the emissions from the Holuhraun eruption based on ground-based measurements
A new paper published lastweek in Geosciences reports that the Holuhraun eruption released the most SO2 (sulfur dioxide) of any effusive...
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Icelandic Meteorological Office
Jan 13, 2018
A new book about the impact of the Holuhraun eruption on environment and health
The publication of the Holuhraun eruption's impact on the environment and health was recently published in the series of the Icelandic...
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Icevolcan
Dec 7, 2017
Öræfajökull cauldron has deepened considerably
Volcanologist Ármann Höskuldsson says that the situation at Öræfajökull volcano is "Far from normal." There's still geothermal heat in...
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Icelandic Meteorological Office
Dec 2, 2017
Risk assessment of jökulhlaup along volcanic eruptions in Öræfajökull
The breakdown of risk assessment due to the eruption of volcanic eruptions in Öræfajökull was carried out by experts at the...
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Icelandic Meteorological Office
Nov 27, 2017
Öræfajökull-the volcano
By the end of 2016, increased earthquake activity was observed in Öræfajökull. In order to monitor this country's largest volcano,...
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Icevolcan
Nov 26, 2017
No Sign of Eruption in Öræfajökull
Geophysicist Magnús Tumi Guðmundsson says there is no evidence of an eruption in Öræfajökull glacier. RÚV reports. Data shows that there...
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by Graeme T. Swindles et al.
Nov 23, 2017
New paper: Climatic control on Icelandic volcanic activity during the mid-Holocene
#eruption #history #volcanology #Holocene #climate #humaninduced #Iceland
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Icevolcan
Nov 22, 2017
Evacuation route
Emergency evacuation for Öræfajökull In the event of a volcanic eruption in Öræfajökull the aim is to have evacuated the area before an...
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by CARL REHNBERG
Nov 22, 2017
Öraefajökull – A challenge for volcanology
A couple of years ago I was asked on a radio show which volcano in Iceland I wanted least to erupt. I quickly answered Öraefajökull. It...
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by Albert
Nov 22, 2017
History of Öræfajökull
...Öræfajökull is one of those infrequent erupters. It is Iceland’s tallest volcano, and is the fourth tallest stratovolcano in Europe...
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