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Another Icelandic volcano (Bardabunga this time) just erupted
[font size=+1]Iceland raises aviation threat to red as volcano erupts[/font]
A significant eruption is under way underneath a glacier at the Bardabunga volcano in Iceland, according to the country’s meteorological office, which has now issued a red aviation alert.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/europe/article4185280.ece
A significant eruption is under way underneath a glacier at the Bardabunga volcano in Iceland, according to the country’s meteorological office, which has now issued a red aviation alert.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/europe/article4185280.ece
[font size=+1]Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland starts subglacial lava-eruption[/font]
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Iceland’s Bardarbunga volcano began erupting Saturday under the country’s largest glacier after a week of seismic activity rattled the area with thousands of earthquakes, the country’s Meteorological Office said.
The eruption prompted Iceland to raise its aviation alert level to red — the highest level on a five-point scale — indicating the threat of “significant emission of ash into the atmosphere.”
Seismic data indicates that magma from the volcano is melting ice beneath the Dyngjujokull icecap on the Vatnajokull glacier, Met Office vulcanologist Melissa Pfeffer said.
The remote area, 320 kilometres east of the capital of Reykjavik, is uninhabited.
She said it was not clear when, or if, the eruption would melt through the ice — which is between 100 and 400 metres thick — and send steam and ash into the air. She said it could take up to a day for the ice to melt — or the eruption might remain contained beneath Europe’s largest glacier.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/08/23/bardarbunga-volcano-in-iceland-starts-apparent-subglacial-lava-eruption/
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Iceland’s Bardarbunga volcano began erupting Saturday under the country’s largest glacier after a week of seismic activity rattled the area with thousands of earthquakes, the country’s Meteorological Office said.
The eruption prompted Iceland to raise its aviation alert level to red — the highest level on a five-point scale — indicating the threat of “significant emission of ash into the atmosphere.”
Seismic data indicates that magma from the volcano is melting ice beneath the Dyngjujokull icecap on the Vatnajokull glacier, Met Office vulcanologist Melissa Pfeffer said.
The remote area, 320 kilometres east of the capital of Reykjavik, is uninhabited.
She said it was not clear when, or if, the eruption would melt through the ice — which is between 100 and 400 metres thick — and send steam and ash into the air. She said it could take up to a day for the ice to melt — or the eruption might remain contained beneath Europe’s largest glacier.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/08/23/bardarbunga-volcano-in-iceland-starts-apparent-subglacial-lava-eruption/
Here's the earlier LBN thread
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