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Significant changes in the glacier
(Translated from Icelandic original) Ragnar Axelsson has flown three trips over Öræfajökull since the cauldron was first seen on November...
Icevolcan
Dec 14, 2017


ASTER satellite image from NASA & USGS
ASTER satellite image from NASA & USGS No visible changes on the surface, since we received the LANDSAT-8 image from 10.12.2017. See:...
Icevolcan
Dec 13, 2017


Subsidence of Öræfajökull ice cauldron slowing down
Scientists have studied new photographs of Öræfajökull taken yesterday and their findings show that the subsidence of the new ice...
Icevolcan
Dec 12, 2017


Two more Live webcams added to website
Added are: Live View from Fagurhólsmýri (updated every 10 mins) and Live View from Virkisá (updated every 10 mins). See more at:...
Icevolcan
Dec 12, 2017


Öræfajökull SE Iceland - cauldron and crevasses
A comparison of LANDSAT-8 images (NASA & USGS) from today (10.12.2017) and 17.11.2017. The cauldron has widened and a pattern of...
Icevolcan
Dec 10, 2017


Quite a tremor in Bárðarbunga...
With our eyes focussed on Öræfajökull, Bárðarbunga calls for our attention...once again: A rare earthquake occurred in Bárðarbunga now...
Icevolcan
Dec 9, 2017


Live webcam view to Öræfajökull added to website
View is from roadcam at Lómagnúpur, looking east (updated every 15 mins): https://icevolcan.wixsite.com/oraefajokull/webcams...
Icevolcan
Dec 9, 2017


Öræfajökull volcano a clear sign of growing activity
It is not clear whether recent developments in Öræfajökull volcano will result in an eruption, but scientists believe magma has been...
Icevolcan
Dec 8, 2017


Öræfajökull cauldron has deepened considerably
Volcanologist Ármann Höskuldsson says that the situation at Öræfajökull volcano is "Far from normal." There's still geothermal heat in...
Icevolcan
Dec 7, 2017


Paper by E. Magnússon et al. on Öræfajökull Central Volcano
http://earthice.hi.is/paper_e_magnusson_et_al_oraefajokull_central_volcano #Oraefajokull #Iceland #geology #bedrock #topography...
http://earthice.hi.is/
Dec 7, 2017


Risk assessment of jökulhlaup along volcanic eruptions in Öræfajökull
The breakdown of risk assessment due to the eruption of volcanic eruptions in Öræfajökull was carried out by experts at the...
Icelandic Meteorological Office
Dec 2, 2017


Fingered by the Plume
In the last few years new data about the Icelandic mantleplume has emerged that forever has changed how we look at it, and how it affects...
Carl Rehnberg 02/05/2017
Dec 2, 2017


Öræfajökull-the volcano
By the end of 2016, increased earthquake activity was observed in Öræfajökull. In order to monitor this country's largest volcano,...
Icelandic Meteorological Office
Nov 27, 2017


Significant to understand Öræfajökull: Fragment of continental crust found under south east Iceland
An international team, including researchers at the University of Liverpool, have shown that south east Iceland is underlain by...
Icevolcan
Nov 26, 2017


No Sign of Eruption in Öræfajökull
Geophysicist Magnús Tumi Guðmundsson says there is no evidence of an eruption in Öræfajökull glacier. RÚV reports. Data shows that there...
Icevolcan
Nov 26, 2017


Iceland in Motion
Imagine an Atlantic island affected by a deep and complex rift, with half the country pulled east, towards Europe, and half pulled west,...
by Albert
Nov 24, 2017


Icelandic Volcanoes | Learn to pronounce them BEFORE they erupt
#Iceland #volcano #pronunciation
Icevolcan
Nov 23, 2017


Flight over cauldron-video
#video #flight #Oraefajokull #Iceland
Icevolcan
Nov 23, 2017


New paper: Climatic control on Icelandic volcanic activity during the mid-Holocene
#eruption #history #volcanology #Holocene #climate #humaninduced #Iceland
by Graeme T. Swindles et al.
Nov 23, 2017


Evacuation route
Emergency evacuation for Öræfajökull In the event of a volcanic eruption in Öræfajökull the aim is to have evacuated the area before an...
Icevolcan
Nov 22, 2017
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