Alert code raised to yellow.
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Volcanoes – Subglacial
Yellow alert for Iceland volcano as new caldera forms
Satellite images show a new caldera forming in the ice with a diameter of one kilometer (6/10ths of a mile) in Öræfajökull glacier.
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NASA – Supervolcano may be melting Antarctic ice sheet from below
Confirms what I’ve been saying all along!
NASA scientists admit that a massive heat source almost as hot as the Yellowstone supervolcano may be melting the Antarctic ice sheet from below.
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NASA Has More Evidence Volcanic Activity Is Heating Up Antarctica’s Ice Sheet
Underground streams of heated rock may be melting the ice.
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Largest volcanic region on Earth found hiding beneath Antarctic ice
And no one even knew it was there. Researchers also suspect there are undiscovered underwater volcanoes in the region. Includes video.
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Another Icelandic volcano showing unrest
“Is Iceland About to experience its biggest volcanic eruption yet?” asks the Independent.
Yellow alert for Iceland’s most powerful volcano
Tremors at Katla volcano and a glacial river flood in Múlakvísl prompted the Icelandic Met Office to raise the volcano’s status from green to yellow,
Strong earthquake swarm in Bárðarbunga
This earthquake swarm was in the north-east area of the Bárðarbunga volcano caldera area that has showed the most earthquake activity since this started in September-2015.
Katla volcano earthquake activity continues
“It is unclear at the moment if this is going to result in a eruption but at the moment it is my view that chances of an eruption happening soon (maybe in matter of hours) is high.” – Blogger Jón Frímann
Strong earthquake swarm at Bárðarbunga volcano
“This earthquake activity suggests that pressure is increasing fast inside the volcano.” – Jón Frimann