Grimsvotn Volcano Headlines
Vatnajökull glacier, the largest glacier in Iceland and Europe, hides five or six active volcanoes. In addition to Bárðarbunga and Öræfajökull, which have been ...
The glacial flood in Grímsvötn has started slowly but the main force of glacial runoff is expected to flow down Gígjukvísl river, RÚV reports. The Icelandic Met ...
The photographs above demonstrate the power of the glacial outburst floods from Vatnajökull glacier. The photos capture the before-and-after view of river ...
Iceland's most active volcano has started erupting, although scientists say it is unlikely to cause the kind of ash clouds which disrupted air travel in 2010.
A new video released from the NASA/NOAA GOES Project provides a satellite view of spewing ash from Grimsvotn Volcano in Iceland.
The Icelandic Met Office reports that a glacial outburst flood, or jökulhlaup, is expected to occur underneath Vatnajökull glacier. Water is draining from Grímsvötn ...
Using real-time data gathered from sensors on volcanoes, researchers can forecast changes in ash plumes during eruptions, a new study suggests.
In 2010, the eruption of the volcano Eyjafjallajökull brought air travel in Europe to a standstill - stranding 10 million passengers, and costing Europe's economy ...
According to geophysicist Páll Einarsson, four of Iceland's volcanoes are showing increased amounts of activity in preparation for another eruption.
A geophysicist in Iceland has warned that four of the country's volcanoes are ready to erupt - but very little information about them has been given.
An international interdisciplinary team of academics discovers evidence of a catastrophic volcanic eruption on Iceland that spurred a snow-ball effect causing a ...
The term "active volcano" can mean a lot of different things . Sometimes the hot magma under the surface remains in a constant state of stewing, blowing steam ...
A volcanic eruption in Iceland has set off tremors and prompted officials to warn pilots to avoid flying through gasses emitted by the blast.
Pall Einarsson, a geophysicist at the University of Iceland has warned that Katla, Hekla, Bárðarbunga (pictured) and Grímsvötn, could all soon erupt.
When Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano blew up in 2010, the relatively small eruption belched out a 30,000-foot-tall plume of ash that shut down airports ...
Officials said Sunday that it appeared there would be no wider threat to European air travel for the next 24 hours.
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The European association of air traffic controllers says ash clouds appear to be dissipating quickly due to reduced activity from Iceland's Grimsvotn volcano.
The earthquakes are a telltale sign that pressure is building up in the Bárðarbunga volcano system, triggering an eruption down the line.
For people living in the tiny town of Vik, in the shadow of one of Iceland's biggest volcanoes, the threat of an long-overdue violent eruption is part of normal life.
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Saturday marks the 230th anniversary of the famed Laki eruption in Iceland. One of the largest volcanic eruptions in recorded history, it had a profound impact on ...
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Quakes detected near: Clear Lake (6 quakes between mag 0.9-2.3), Don Joao de Castro Bank (1 quake mag 2.4), Geysir (1 quake mag 1.6), Grímsvötn (2 ...
Volcanic lightning strikes that occur during volcanic eruptions are beautiful, but also have the potential to offer more than just a magnificent display.
Earthquake rumbles under the Vatnajökull glacier in Iceland could be signs of an impending eruption by the country's biggest volcano. Bárðarbunga, which ...
Knowing when a volcano will erupt could one day be as easy as checking the weather forecast. Geoscientists are learning how to better predict volcanic ...
Foreign Secretary William Hague has said Britain is unlikely to suffer the same no-fly zone restrictions as last year. Ash from Grimsvotn could reach British ...
Frozen volcanoes in Iceland could start erupting more—especially as glaciers continue to melt. Scientists examined volcanic ash preserved in peat deposits and ...
Iceland's volcanoes coated in glaciers could start erupting more often in the distant future—thanks to climate change, according to a study published last month.
Scientists found a volcanic heat source under Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier. The glacier, which is currently losing 45 billion tons of ice each year, is already in ...
A breakdown of historic volcanic activity on Iceland, the dangers involved, and the risks inherent in living above what was known in the Middle Ages as one of ...
Iceland is a very geologically active country, there's no question about it. There are frequent earthquake swarms, large earthquakes (over 3 on the Richter scale) ...
Last year saw a number of major natural disasters strike, including earthquakes in Japan, New Zealand and Turkey, volcanic eruptions in Chile and Iceland, and ...
The ash cloud from Iceland's Grimsvotn volcano is making its way into UK airspace. What does this mean for your holiday plans and will your travel insurance ...
The eruption of Grimsvotn, Iceland's most active volcano, has rekindled memories of last year's ash crisis which shut European airspace and sent disruption ...
In an average week Iceland's national monitoring seismic network detects around 500 earthquakes. If one of the volcanoes is hit by an earthquake swarm this ...
In April, clouds of ash from an eruption under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier grounded flights across Europe for a week, causing billions of dollars in losses for ...
(This article relates to the 2010 eruption at Eyjafjallajokull. For information on the May 2011 eruption at Grimsvotn, please check the IceNews homepage for ...
The Bárðarbunga (or Bardarbunga) volcano has erupted, evoking memories of the 2010 Icelandic ash cloud that caused chaos across European and North ...
(Phys.org)—While piloting a commercial transatlantic flight last year, Captain Klaus Sievers and his crew got a whiff of an unusual odour. In a confined space 10 ...
REYKJAVIK, Iceland – Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano began erupting Saturday under the ice of Europe's largest glacier, prompting the country to close the ...
In 2010 volcanic ash from Eyjafjallajökull clouded Europe for days. It opened up a discussion about how science is used in risk management.
Hundreds of metres under one of Iceland's largest glaciers there are signs of a looming volcanic eruption that could be one of the most powerful the country has ...
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UCD scientists went to Iceland to study subglacial activity in the wake of the ash cloud. With them went a painter.
Volcanic ash from the eruption of Gimsvotn in Iceland may force the cancellation of hundreds of flights on Tuesday.
A huge volcanic eruption in Iceland which has spewed ash up to 19km (12 miles) into the sky, and closed the airspace, could reach the UK later this week.
SAN FRANCISCO — A storm of charged particles coursing through a volcanic ash cloud sparked the spectacular green lightning seen at Chile's Chaiten ...
Within hours of posting about the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Grimsvötn, I found out that helicopter footage of the plume (with tons of lightning) has been ...
A volcano in Iceland has produced a river of molten rock that could cover the entire island of Manhattan in the United States.
The samples were taken from a car windscreen in Aberdeen and analysed at the city's James Hutton Institute.
A HUGE volcano in Iceland is threatening to blow in "weeks" and spark a repeat of 2010's flight chaos.
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - A volcanic eruption in Iceland, which has thrown up a 6-km (3.7 mile) high plume of ash and disrupted air traffic across northern Europe, ...
Cardiff Airport was closed eight years ago and most European air travel was brought to a standstill.
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It didn't take long for Kilauea to start spitting out clues to the ongoing mystery of what lies beneath Hawaii's youngest and most active volcano. As thick, chunky ...
An international team of researchers has reconstructed an ancient super eruption in southern Italy that 39,000 years ago spewed a volume of ash and debris ...
Iceland has been experiencing a historic tourist boom for 7 years. 20% more tourists are flooding its volcanic soil every year. The Icelandic government is now ...
The ash from the Eyjafjallajökull eruption as it spreads over Europe on April 15, 2010.
Robert Lewandowski says a volcanic ash cloud over Europe "changed his life" and prevented him from joining Blackburn Rovers.
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Every second, as many as 100 lightning bolts strike the Earth. Now, a new map reveals a tally of those flashes over the last two decades, tracing where they ...
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A dramatic lava eruption that began early on Sunday near Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano has continued into Monday.
A cloud of ash spewing from a Chilean volcano caused chaos for air travelers in South America again on Monday and grounded flights as far away as New ...
Photographer Sigurður Stefnisson has his pick of natural phenomena to choose from, in the land of fire and ice where volcanoes and the Northern Lights are ...
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Japan's Mount Ontake volcano erupts killing at least one and trapping dozens of hikers on the mountain top.
Met Office projections show ash from the recent eruption of Grimsvotn in Iceland could disappear entirely from UK skies by Saturday, and clear further away on ...
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Geologist Andy Hooper explains why the chances of a huge eruption of the Bárðarbunga volcano in Iceland and massive disruption of air travel are low.
Iceland Volcanoes, of which Eyjafjal and Katla are to important examples, have a history of catastrophic eruptions. So much so that the Laki eruption of ...
Hekla, dubbed the 'Gateway to Hell' in the middle ages, is showing early signs of movement beneath its crater, prompting fears that a huge eruption is imminent.
Every so often the earth chooses to remind us that we really aren't in control of this planet. The volcanic eruption in Iceland, which began on Wednesday, is just ...
David Pieri said, “A person in the U.S. or Europe won't be hit with a volcanic blast. That's almost inconceivable. But they might face a threat when they fly.”.
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A helicopter rescue crew from Shetland braved the volcanic ash cloud to rescue a yachtsman 25 miles off the coast of Orkney.
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SANTIAGO (Reuters) - The force of a volcanic eruption in Chile that has spewed an ash cloud that caused air traffic chaos around the globe has eased slightly, ...
For the past fortnight, Captain Uwe Post has been flying in circles in the congenial surroundings of north-eastern Sicily. The German pilot is working for an ...
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A SPECTACULAR autumn in the British countryside will be blotted out and air travellers face chaos if experts' fears come true about volcano named after an evil ...
The Vatnajökull glacier is so important to Icelanders and their heritage that their national airline, Iceland Air, even decorated their latest plane to look like the ice ...
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NASA has captured images of tropical storm Julia being buffeted by a massive dust cloud being swept west across the North Atlantic. Captured on the 18th of ...
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Scientists say history has proven that when the Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupts the Katla volcano erupts too.
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