Posted on 02 December 2011.
The BBC and other international media reported today that an eruption of the Katla volcano in Iceland is “imminent”. Icelandic scientists and worried tourism chiefs have been quick to point out that it is impossible to say what “imminent” means: it could still be years. Read the full story
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Posted on 23 November 2011.
Iceland’s Katla volcano is always aquiver with seismic activity and local people and scientists have been waiting for an eruption for years — although they probably experienced them this year and in 1999 without even noticing. Read the full story
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Posted on 27 September 2011.
An Icelandic geophysicist says that the Katla volcano probably already erupted this summer without breaking the surface of the glacier. Read the full story
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Posted on 24 September 2011.
Iceland has already decided which film it is going to put forward as its offering for the Best Foreign Film category at next year’s Oscars: Eldfjall (Volcano). Read the full story
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Posted on 07 September 2011.
Earth scientists in Iceland and overseas are monitoring Katla, the south Iceland volcano located underneath the Myrdalsjokull glacier, trying to find out the reason behind a recent spate of small earthquakes. Read the full story
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Posted on 20 August 2011.
A couple in Switzerland, Marcel and Lynali Keller, found love because of the ash cloud from the Eyjafjallajokull volcanic eruption in Iceland last year. Read the full story
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Posted on 11 July 2011.
Filming for Ridley Scott’s new movie, Promethius began today at the foot of Iceland’s Hekla volcano. Read the full story
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Posted on 09 July 2011.
A glacial flood affected South Iceland last night, likely caused by draining of geothermal melt water from underneath the east side of the Myrdalsjokull glacier. Read the full story
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Posted on 18 June 2011.
Hay making began near the Eyjafjallajokull glacier, site of the 2010 volcanic eruption, this Wednesday — a week earlier than last year. The farmer at Thorvaldseyri says the ash has saved a lot of money on fertiliser and that the best grass is growing where the most ash fell. Read the full story
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Posted on 31 May 2011.
Scientists declared yesterday that the volcanic eruption at Grimsvotn in southeast Iceland is officially over. They set the date and time of the official end of the eruption at 07.00 on Saturday, 28th May. Read the full story
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