Iceland volcano

As volcanic activity in Iceland started on Wednesday, the country's tourism industry kicked into high gear, grasping an opportunity to revive the business ...

Curious onlookers made their way Thursday to the site of a volcano erupting near Iceland's capital Reykjavik to marvel at the bubbling lava, a day after the ...

Geophysicists have said that the 2021 eruption could signal the beginning of a new period of eruptions lasting centuries. Gases from a volcanic eruption -- especially sulphur dioxide -- can be elevated in the immediate vicinity, may pose a danger to health and even be fatal.#photo2 "The current eruption is therefore much more powerful," the Institute wrote in a Facebook post. The average lava flow in the first hours was estimated at 32 cubic metres per second, according to measurements done Wednesday at 1705 GMT -- 3.5 hours after the eruption began -- by scientists from the Institute of Earth Sciences. While last year's eruption was easily accessible on foot and drew more than 435,000 tourists, the new eruption is trickier to access, requiring a strenuous 90-minute hilly hike from the closest car park. The eruption was around 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Reykjavik, near the site of the Mount Fagradalsfjall volcano in southwestern Iceland that spewed magma for six months between March and September 2021.

Reykjavik: Glowing red hot lava continued to flow on Thursday after a volcanic eruption on Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula, about 30 km south-west of the ...

The natural spectacle attracted countless volcanologists, hikers and travellers.This time, too, curious onlookers have made their way to the eruption site.The area is relatively sparsely populated, but is home to the country’s most important airport, which handles practically almost all air traffic to and from the island.–IANS Share FacebookTwitterGoogle+WhatsAppEmailPinterestReddIt

An Icelandic airline said that air passengers could get a 'spectacular view' of the volcanic lava.

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The volcanic eruption was foreshadowed by increased earthquake activity in the area. The lava stirred and rumbled on its way to the surface, warning geologists ...

Lava is outflowing out of a narrow fissure, not yet as spectacular as the 2021 eruption, but it’s unclear how the eruption will evolve, if it will get bigger, stay the same, or dwindle down. In fact, Icelandic television has even set up a livestream of the eruption, which you can check below. While these can be dangerous if you get too close, the danger isn’t expected to be significant if you stay away. The volcanic eruption was foreshadowed by increased earthquake activity in the area. The 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull that disrupted thousands of flights were explosive, and in this ongoing eruption, researchers don’t expect any major aviation disruption. It’s the same volcano that erupted for 6 months in 2021, and while it’s not clear how long this eruption will be, it seems to pose no threat to aviation.

Curious onlookers made their way Thursday to the site of a volcano erupting near Iceland's capital Reykjavik to marvel at the bubbling lava, a day after the ...

Geophysicists have said that the 2021 eruption could signal the beginning of a new period of eruptions lasting centuries. Gases from a volcanic eruption—especially sulphur dioxide—can be elevated in the immediate vicinity, may pose a danger to health and even be fatal. "The current eruption is therefore much more powerful," the Institute wrote in a Facebook post. The average lava flow in the first hours was estimated at 32 cubic metres per second, according to measurements done Wednesday at 1705 GMT—3.5 hours after the eruption began—by scientists from the Institute of Earth Sciences. While last year's eruption was easily accessible on foot and drew more than 435,000 tourists, the new eruption is trickier to access, requiring a strenuous 90-minute hilly hike from the closest car park. The eruption was around 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Reykjavik, near the site of the Mount Fagradalsfjall volcano in southwestern Iceland that spewed magma for six months between March and September 2021.

Authorities in Iceland say the volcano in the country's southwest erupts just eight months after its last eruption officially ended. Marco Di Marco, AP. A sign ...

A tourist was spotted roasting marshmallows over an active volcano in Iceland Thursday as other onlookers brought kids to the lava-spewing eruption site, ...

Or would the resulting marshmallows be poisonous?” one Twitter user asked. “Is it safe to roast marshmallows over volcanic vents? In 2018, just days after Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano burst into a cloud of ash, the United States Geological Survey warned folks not to get close enough to roast food.