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Posted inResearch Spotlights

Icelandic Eruption Caused Record-Breaking Sulfur Dioxide Release

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 14 March 20168 October 2021

Satellite and ground-based data reveal sulfur dioxide flux, trace element release, and preeruption magma movement.

Posted inScience Updates

Team Gets Firsthand Look at the New Holuhraun Eruption Site

by C. W. Hamilton 16 December 201510 October 2021

Iceland 2015: Field Workshop on Active Lava–Water Interactions; Holuhraun, Iceland, 20–28 August 2015

Posted inScience Updates

Fire in the Hole: Recreating Volcanic Eruptions with Cannon Blasts

by B. Zimanowski and M. T. Gudmundsson 7 April 20152 May 2022

Artificial volcanic plumes, fired from cannons loaded with ash plucked from the slopes of Iceland, may help researchers better monitor disruptive eruptions.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Ferry Keeps Tabs on Water Headed Northward Near Iceland

by S. Palus 27 January 201528 February 2023

A ferry's routine trips from Iceland to Europe provide the most detailed account of the region's water flow.

Posted inScience Updates

New Proposed Drilling at Surtsey Volcano, Iceland

by M. D. Jackson 24 December 20142 May 2022

SUSTAIN workshop; Heimaey Island, Iceland, 30 September to 4 October 2014

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Continuing Bardarbunga Eruption Fuels Scientific Research

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 4 November 20142 May 2022

How are scientists taking advantage of Iceland’s Bardarbunga eruption, which shows no signs of slowing down?

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Field Dispatch: Up Close and Personal With a Volcanic Eruption

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 30 September 20142 May 2022

What’s it like to do field work mere miles away from an erupting volcano?

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