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livescience   23 March 2021   Iceland  
<p>After a 900-year nap, a volcano in Iceland erupted Friday (March 19), spewing tendrils of molten lava down its flanks and bathing the cloudy night sky in an ominous orange-red. <br />Gorgeous and fiery photos show the Fagradalsfjall volcano, located about ...
Yahoo News   15 March 2021   Iceland   Grindavik  
<p>COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Icelanders are yearning for some undisturbed shut-eye after tremors from tens of thousands of earthquakes have rattled their sleep for weeks in what scientists call an unprecedented seismic event, which might well end in a spectacular ...
International Business Times   29 October 2015   Iceland   Iceland  
<p>Iceland's volcanoes could become a new power source for the UK, under new plans expected to be announced by David Cameron on Thursday (29 October). The plan would see the construction of an electricity underwater pipeline between the UK and Iceland within ...
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heraldscotland.com   23 September 2015   Iceland   Vatna Glacier  
<p>A VOLCANIC eruption in Iceland emitted on average three times as much of a toxic gas as all European industry combined, according to new research.</p><p>Scientists from Edinburgh and Leeds universities, along with experts from the Met Office, studied the ...
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<p>Reykjavik, Iceland: The slim platform I'm perching on dangles on wires out of a chimney at the top of an immense cavern.</p><p>I'm being lowered through the dome of a subterranean cathedral-like space. Above me, the volcanic crater is a small bright circle ...
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