Volcanoes are among the most powerful forces of nature. Throughout history, some eruptions have shaken the Earth, changed the ...
On Feb. 8, a volcanic fissure eruption began on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula. The eruption was no surprise to the Iceland Meteorological Agency (Iceland Met) which closely monitors all of the country ...
The power of such eruptions is measured using the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI), which is a scale that goes from one to ...