Volcano watch: Iceland's 'magma corridor,' explained | About That



A volcano in Iceland is threatening to erupt near a town and a power plant. About That producer Lauren Bird explains the work underway to mitigate danger, and why volcanic eruptions could become a lot more frequent in Iceland.

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35 thoughts on “Volcano watch: Iceland's 'magma corridor,' explained | About That”

  1. with things like that i always imagine it being easier to "just blow(up) an exit" for the pressure somewhere, so it can be released "safely"…..but i bet thats not how the magama-corridor works, eh?!

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  2. This year, over the past decade, has become the most anomalous in terms of the number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions on our planet. And looking at the dynamics of the cataclysms, it becomes clear that the situation will not develop for the better. The cause of catastrophic climate change is cyclical. The main factor is the destabilization of the planet's core. Details of the reasons for the current events were announced at the international forum “Global Crisis. There is a Way Out.”

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  3. I think people will have plenty of time to get all their belongings out of their homes. Authorities need to let people into their homes a few at a time and provide trucks so they can get their furniture out and everything they have and allow people to put their things in storage units. So, when they can be awarded another house or place to live, they at least have their personal things and things that mean so much to them. Losing a structure can be dealt with but loosing precious items that are so important to a family is another thing. It will be easier for them to start out somewhere else. It would help them in the emotional part of this natural event.

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  4. Blue Lagoon, I visited that place back in 2009 or 2010. Blue lagoon is heated with the water from that power station, I think. It was June, full summer for the Icelanders, wearing thin summer outfits and I was wearing a puffer jacket 🙂

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  5. You can bet a few estate agents romanticised the volcanic reality as a selling point when trying to sell properties. Then you willingly mortgage a house on that land, surely that would have to clarified

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  6. JO LETZET GROS WULKAN UTBREKES FON ' I ES L a END — Islaend ( IS ) ' GENA 2021 ; NEET LERNES ?

    ' Smörrebröd ; smørrebrød ( Smoerrebroed ) ' NEET FERGESSES ; ' magma corridor — MERA ( 1001 — 49999 ) GE MA CE OR ( Ohr – AU HAR ; ear — ER ) AR I ; RI d OR ' .

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  7. Nature is cruel tempting with a lovely natural harbour but running an unpredictable spreading plate's fault line bang through it.

    I fear the really difficult and anguished decision to come is if there is no eruption can the town be repaired and repopulated given the risk there.

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