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"More Explosive And Frequent": Melting Glaciers Might Trigger Volcanic Eruptions Globally, Study Warns
As global temperatures rise and the ice melts, the loss of weight and pressure can trigger explosive eruptions.
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Iceland's Glaciers Lost 750 Square Kilometers In Last 20 Years: Study
Iceland's glaciers have lost around 750 square kilometres (290 square miles), or seven percent of their surface, since the turn of the millennium due to global warming, a study published on Monday showed.
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"Sad To See It": Iceland Students On Chilling Reality Of Melting Glacier
Icelandic seventh-grader Lilja Einarsdottir is on an unusual field trip with her class: they're measuring the Solheimajokull glacier to see how much it has shrunk in the past year, witnessing climate change first-hand.
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Iceland Builds First Monument In Memory Of Glacier Lost To Climate Change
Iceland on Sunday honours the passing of Okjokull, its first glacier lost to climate change, as scientists warn that some 400 others on the subarctic island risk the same fate.
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Shocking Video Shows Tourists Running To Safety As Glacier Collapses
Tourists in Iceland were recently left running for safety when a large wave, triggered by a glacier collapse, came rushing their way.
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New Fissure Eruption at Iceland Volcano Prompts Highest Aviation Warning
A new fissure eruption in an ice-free area of Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano system prompted authorities to raise their warning level for the risk of ash to aviation to the highest level of red on Sunday.
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'Cauldrons' in Iceland Glacier Could Point to Volcano Eruption: Meteorological Office
Ice over Iceland's rumbling Bardarbunga volcano has melted to reveal a row of 1-km wide "cauldrons", possibly due to a sub-glacial eruption, the country's meteorological office said late on Wednesday.
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Iceland Raises Volcano Warning Level to Highest Red After Small Eruption
A small volcanic eruption has occurred under Iceland's Dyngjujokull glacier, prompting authorities to raise the warning code for aviation to red, the highest level, Iceland's meteorological office said on Saturday.
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Iceland Raises Risk Level for Volcano Eruption to Second-Highest
Iceland's Meteorological Office on Monday raised its risk level for an eruption at its Bardarbunga volcano to orange, which is the fourth level on a five-grade scale.
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Iceland: Volcano leads to flash floods; evacuation
Ice chunks the size of houses tumbled down from a volcano beneath Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier on Thursday, as hot gases melted the ice.
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"More Explosive And Frequent": Melting Glaciers Might Trigger Volcanic Eruptions Globally, Study Warns
As global temperatures rise and the ice melts, the loss of weight and pressure can trigger explosive eruptions.
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Iceland's Glaciers Lost 750 Square Kilometers In Last 20 Years: Study
Iceland's glaciers have lost around 750 square kilometres (290 square miles), or seven percent of their surface, since the turn of the millennium due to global warming, a study published on Monday showed.
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"Sad To See It": Iceland Students On Chilling Reality Of Melting Glacier
Icelandic seventh-grader Lilja Einarsdottir is on an unusual field trip with her class: they're measuring the Solheimajokull glacier to see how much it has shrunk in the past year, witnessing climate change first-hand.
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Iceland Builds First Monument In Memory Of Glacier Lost To Climate Change
Iceland on Sunday honours the passing of Okjokull, its first glacier lost to climate change, as scientists warn that some 400 others on the subarctic island risk the same fate.
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Shocking Video Shows Tourists Running To Safety As Glacier Collapses
Tourists in Iceland were recently left running for safety when a large wave, triggered by a glacier collapse, came rushing their way.
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New Fissure Eruption at Iceland Volcano Prompts Highest Aviation Warning
A new fissure eruption in an ice-free area of Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano system prompted authorities to raise their warning level for the risk of ash to aviation to the highest level of red on Sunday.
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'Cauldrons' in Iceland Glacier Could Point to Volcano Eruption: Meteorological Office
Ice over Iceland's rumbling Bardarbunga volcano has melted to reveal a row of 1-km wide "cauldrons", possibly due to a sub-glacial eruption, the country's meteorological office said late on Wednesday.
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Iceland Raises Volcano Warning Level to Highest Red After Small Eruption
A small volcanic eruption has occurred under Iceland's Dyngjujokull glacier, prompting authorities to raise the warning code for aviation to red, the highest level, Iceland's meteorological office said on Saturday.
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Iceland Raises Risk Level for Volcano Eruption to Second-Highest
Iceland's Meteorological Office on Monday raised its risk level for an eruption at its Bardarbunga volcano to orange, which is the fourth level on a five-grade scale.
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Iceland: Volcano leads to flash floods; evacuation
Ice chunks the size of houses tumbled down from a volcano beneath Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier on Thursday, as hot gases melted the ice.
