From pyhs.org today, the ongoing volcanic eruption in Iceland:
A river of magma flowed underneath an Icelandic fishing village late last year at a rate never before recorded, scientists said Thursday, as the region suffered yet another dramatic eruption.
Authorities in Iceland declared a state of emergency on Thursday as lava burst a key water pipe during the third volcanic fissure to hit the western Reykjanes peninsula since December.
Before 2021, the peninsula had not seen an eruption in 800 years, suggesting that volcanic activity in the region has reawoken from its slumber.
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Lead study author Freysteinn Sigmundsson, a researcher at the University of Iceland's Nordic Volcanological Centre, told AFP that it was difficult to say how long this new era of eruptions would continue.
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Before Thursday's eruption, 6.5 million cubic meters of magma had accumulated below the region encompassing Grindavik, according to the Icelandic Meteorological Office.
The magma had flowed at 7,400 cubic meters per second, "a scale we have not measured before" in Iceland or elsewhere, Sigmundsson said.
For comparison, the average flow of the Seine river in Paris is just 560 cubic meters a second. The magma flow was closer to those of larger rivers such as the Danube or Yukon.
The magma flow in November was also 100 times greater than those seen before the recent eruptions on the peninsula from 2021 to 2023, Sigmundsson said.
Not only has the village of Grindavik been forced to evacuate due to the eruptions, but one of Iceland’s most iconic tourist destinations, the Blue Lagoon, has also been rendered inaccessible — though the geothermal spa itself has not yet been directly impacted.