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.
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Iceland trying to calm Katla volcano eruption fears in international media
Posted on 02 December 2011.
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Amid simmering speculation, Iceland volcano keeps intentions quiet
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.
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Did Iceland’s Katla volcano erupt under the ice this summer?
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.
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Iceland to send Volcano to the Oscars
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).
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Iceland volcano Katla being watched by scientists
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.
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Swiss love blossomed from Iceland volcanic ash
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.
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Ridley Scott shooting movie by Hekla in Iceland
Posted on 11 July 2011.
Filming for Ridley Scott’s new movie, Promethius began today at the foot of Iceland’s Hekla volcano.
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Katla volcano in Iceland remains dormant
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.
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