In Iceland, 11 volcanoes are showing varying degrees of unrest, including one volcano which is expected to erupt later this month. This video will discuss each of these 11 volcanoes along with how severe and the nature of their unrest is via the opinion of a geologist.
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Sources/Citations:
[1] Parks, M. M., Sigmundsson, F., Drouin, V., Hreinsdóttir, S., Hooper, A., Yang, Y., et al. (2024). 2021–2023 unrest and geodetic observations at Askja volcano, Iceland. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2023GL106730. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL106730. CC BY 4.0
[2] Troll, V. R., Deegan, F. M., Thordarson, T., Tryggvason, A., Krmíček, L., Moreland, W. M., Lund, B., Bindeman, I. N., Höskuldsson, Á., & Day, J. M. D. (2024). The Fagradalsfjall and Sundhnúkur Fires of 2021–2024: A single magma reservoir under the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland? Terra Nova, 00, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1111/ter.12733. CC BY 4.0.
[3] Vedur.is / Iceland Met Office