How an Iceland Volcano Works: What Eyjafjallajokull Might Do NextScientists trying to forecast the behavior of the Icelandvolcano, Eyjafjallajokull, use words...Sappenfield, Mark
We have already seen in March & April of 2010 what a small volcanic eruption did when Eyjafjallajokull blew up and caused chaos over the skies of Europe and North America. This was the least harmful perhaps of all 18 - 25 massive strato volcanoes some of which I believe could erupt in...
When fissures broke open in the Eyjafjallajökull glacier in April, more lava began to escape... melting the glacial ice and creating muddy streams of water that trickled down to farmland below. Expanding gases from the vaporized ice triggered a series of eruptions, unleashing steam and gas...