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Eruption Of Iceland's Bardarbunga Raises Travel Alert to Red

Posted by timothy on from the melting-iceland dept.

The eruption of the Bardarbunga volcano in central Iceland, which appeared a strong possibility after a series of earthquakes, is currently underway, beneath the ice of the Dyngjujokull glacier. The BBC reports that Iceland has raised its air travel alert to red, its higest level, but that for now all of Iceland's airports remain open. CNN notes that "the underground activity did not immediately result in changes to volcanic activity on the surface ... Because of a pressure from the glacier cap it is uncertain whether the eruption will stay sub-glacial or not, Iceland 2 TV said."

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  1. We're heading in the right direction by ColdWetDog · · Score: 5, Funny

    At least this time we can pronounce the damn thing.

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    Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
  2. Re:How is it by theVarangian · · Score: 5, Informative

    Why is it that when a thing like this happens (supposedly), we're directed to the misguided BBC, and to cowardous CNN? Doesn't Iceland have some kind of geologic society or meteorlogic society that issues reports based on adequate, current, hot-off-the-volcano scientific data?

    The icelandic met office has a site that tracks seismic activity (read: earthquakes), they have an english website: http://en.vedur.is/#tab=skjalf...

    The University of Iceland's institute of earth sciences has a news page in english: http://earthice.hi.is/bardarbu...

    They have also set up a number of webcams:
    http://www.livefromiceland.is/... (Vaðalda, north of Vatnajökull, towards Bárðabunga)
    http://vedur2.mogt.is/grimsfja... (Grímsfjall)
    http://vedur2.mogt.is/kverkfjo... (Kverkfjöll)

    Not very spectacular sites but the content is a bit better than most of the bullshit you are likely to get from the corporate media.