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☆ Rare purple pigment found in Bronze Age pottery
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CPA Media Pte Ltd/Alamy Stock PhotoAncient Greeks and the Romans considered Tyrian purple, first developed in the Bronze Age, an elite, royal color. But the recipe for the long-lasting pigment, made using Mediterranean sea snails, disappeared with the fall of the Byzantine Empire. Now, researchers have found the precious pigment within pottery fragments containing 3,600-year-old purple dye from a Bronze Age workshop in Kolonna on the Greek island of Aegina. Life for a vulnerable child in the Stone Age would have been difficult because Neanderthals moved from place to place. Meanwhile, the agency has selected SpaceX to design a vehicle that will drag the space station out of orbit at the end of the decade when it ceases operations and plummets into the ocean.

Persons: Jesus Christ, Down, paleoanthropologist Mercedes Conde, Valverde, ” Conde, Trent Sugg, Tracy Dyson, NASA’s OSIRIS, REx, China’s, NASA’s, Mars, Emin Yogurtcuoglu, —, — Wood, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN, CPA Media, University of Alcalá, NASA, Collins Aerospace, Boeing, SpaceX, Anadolu Agency, Getty, CNN Space, Science Locations: Byzantine Empire, Kolonna, Aegina, Spain, “, Iceland, Rainier, Washington, Kyrenia

☆ Iceland’s volcanic activity may continue for decades, study says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —After 800 years of calm, volcanoes have awakened in the Reykjanes Peninsula of Iceland — about 56 kilometers (35 miles) south of the nation’s capital, Reykjavik. While there is no risk of a global calamity happening, researchers are now warning that new scientific evidence suggests the eruptions originating from the Reykjanes Peninsula could continue for years or even decades. But people staying there, with the possibility of a very rapid onset of volcanic activity, I don’t think that’s recommended. “The Reykjanes peninsula is exactly on this plate boundary,” he added, “and it seems that we are now witnessing the earliest part of a major eruption episode. Icelandic geoscientists and international collaborators are tracking the frequency and intensity of seismic activity and ground deformation in real time.

Persons: that’s, ”, Valentin Troll, John Moore, Hugh Tuffen, “, Emin Yogurtcuoglu, volcanologist Einat Lev, Lamont, Lev, Jessica Johnson, ” Johnson, Tuffen Organizations: CNN, Iceland —, Uppsala University, Terra Nova, Lancaster University, Keflavík, Anadolu Agency, Getty, Columbia University, University of East Locations: Reykjanes, Iceland, Reykjavik, Grindavík, Sweden, volcanology, United Kingdom, Iceland Iceland, Kentucky, Fagradalsfjall, New York, University of East Anglia

☆ Opinion: Iceland’s magnificent nature comes with a monster
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Opinion Catharine Fulton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Hikers are silhouetted against rivers of lava flowing from a volcanic eruption between Iceland's Myrdalsjokull and Eyjafjallajokull glaciers in March, 2010. Residents have been evacuated amid an imminent volcanic eruption. • Join us on Twitter and FacebookThe monster had burrowed a 15-kilometre lava tunnel that stretched beneath the town. Not since the Westman Islands awoke to an eruption in their backyard in 1973 has an entire town been evacuated. Now everyone waits and watches and wonders if residents of Grindavík will ever go back home.

Persons: Catharine Fulton, Read, Reykjavík, Reykjavík CNN —, NordicPhotos, there’s, Micah Garen Organizations: Reykjavík CNN, Geographic, Red, Icelandic Meteorological, CNN, Twitter Locations: Canadian, Reykjavik, Reykjavík, Iceland, Fimmvörðuháls, balaclava, Toronto, Grindavík, Grindavik

☆ Fact Check: Video of volcano eruption in Iceland is not from November 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A video showing the eruption of the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland dates back to March 2021 and does not show new eruptions forecast in November 2023 for the southwest of the country. Users have shared the clip with captions such as: “BREAKING NEWS | #Iceland #volcano Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland is erupting violently. The circulating video shows the eruption of Fagradalsfjall in March 2021. The earliest example found by Reuters was posted on YouTube (archived) on March 22, 2021 by the channel @TravellerInTheWholeWorld, with a caption that says it shows the eruption of the Fagradalsfjall volcano on March 19, 2021. The video dates back to 2021 and does not show a volcanic eruption in November 2023.

Persons: Read Organizations: Twitter, Facebook, Authorities, Reuters, YouTube, Icelandic Meteorological, Thomson Locations: Iceland, Grindavik, Fagradalsfjall

☆ I live next to an Icelandic volcano that's about to blow. I wanted to be closer to nature, but not that close.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The eruption site is likely to be near the town of Grindavik, which has been evacuated. AdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sigurdur Leosson, a resident of the fishing town Grindavik in Iceland which is under threat from a volcano. We wanted to be closer to nature, but not that close. Magma is running under the town of Grindavik, Iceland, causing fissures and cracks in streets and sidewalks. Side by side images show the Westman Island eruption in 1973 (left) and the Eyjafjallajökull eruption in 2010 (right).

Persons: Sigurdur Leosson, —, Fagradalsfjall, Emin Yogurtcuoglu, Sigurdur, I'm, Brynjar Gunnarsson, it's, Grindavik, Terry Disney, Etienne De Malglaive Organizations: Service, Earthquakes, Anadolu Agency, Getty, AP Locations: Iceland, Grindavik, Reykjavik, We're

☆ A volcano could erupt in Iceland within hours. Experts say you shouldn't cancel your flights — yet
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementThere's no reason to cancel your travel plans to Iceland, despite the country warning of potentially dangerous volcanic activity happening within the next few hours or days, experts told Insider. Iceland declared a state of emergency after an unexpected acceleration of activity at Iceland's Fagradalsfjall volcano near the town of Grindavik. It is always difficult to know exactly how a volcanic eruption will develop, but the latest developments in the peninsula took volcanologists by surprise, McGarvie said. While the Reykjanes peninsula was known to have volcanic activity, and its volcano had had fairly mild eruptions over the past decade, this activity accelerated drastically since mid-October. "It is not something that's ever been observed in Iceland, certainly monitored in Iceland, in the last few decades," he said.

Persons: —, Dave McGarvie, Raul Moreno, Andrew Hooper, Lionel Wilson, Hooper, McGarvie Organizations: Service, University of Lancaster, Emergency Management, —, Getty, Geophysics, Leeds, University of Leeds, Planetary Sciences, Lancaster University, UK's Science Media, Icelandic, Iceland Google Locations: Grindavik, Iceland, Eyjafjallajökull, Reykjavik, tktktk

☆ A volcano could erupt in Iceland within hours, but maybe don't cancel your international flights yet
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But that shouldn't affect your travel plans, though the Blue Lagoon may be off-limits, experts said. AdvertisementAdvertisementThere's no reason to cancel your travel plans to Iceland, despite the country warning of potentially dangerous volcanic activity happening within the next few hours or days, experts told Insider. Iceland declared a state of emergency after an unexpected acceleration of activity at Iceland's Fagradalsfjall volcano near the town of Grindavik. It is always difficult to know exactly how a volcanic eruption will develop, but the latest developments in the peninsula took volcanologists by surprise, McGarvie said. "It is not something that's ever been observed in Iceland, certainly monitored in Iceland, in the last few decades," he said.

☆ Risk of volcanic eruption in Iceland remains high
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

COPENHAGEN, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Seismic activity in southwestern Iceland decreased in size and intensity on Monday, but the risk of a volcanic eruption remained significant, authorities said, after earthquakes and evidence of magma spreading underground in recent weeks. Thorvaldur Thordarson, professor in vulcanology at the University of Iceland, said most recent data indicated a smaller risk of an eruption in the area around the town of Grindavik. [1/5]A view of cracks, emerged on a road due to volcanic activity, near Grindavik, Iceland November 13, 2023. Volcanic activity in the area continued for six months that year, prompting thousands of Icelanders and tourists to visit the scene. In August 2022, a three-week eruption happened in the same area, followed by another in July of this year.

Persons: Matthew James Roberts, Thorvaldur Thordarson, Grindavik, Hans Vera, Vera, It's, Louise Rasmussen, Tom Little, Jacob Gronholt, Pedersen, Johannes Birkebaek, Ilze, Essi, Alex Richardson Organizations: Icelandic Meteorological, University of, Administration, Facebook, REUTERS Acquire, Thomson Locations: COPENHAGEN, Iceland, Reykjavik, vulcanology, University of Iceland, Grindavik, Belgian, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki

☆ Iceland volcano: What’s going on and what are the risks?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

So, what do we know about this potential eruption, what are its risks, how could it affect travel and why is Iceland, an island of just 103,000 square kilometers (40,000 square miles), home to so much seismic activity? “If it erupts undersea, it could cause a Surtseyan eruption similar to the one that happened in 1963, also in Iceland, and created the island of Surtsey. Iceland is accustomed to volcanic eruptions, though they often occur in the wilderness, away from populated areas. The Bárðarbunga volcanic system situated in the center of the country erupted in 2014, producing lava that covered 84 square kilometers (32 square miles) of highland that didn’t damage any communities. It also didn’t threaten populated areas and even become a tourist attraction as people flocked to witness a volcanic eruption.

Persons: Ragnar Visage, ” Michele Paulatto, Bill McGuire, “, ”, Dave McGarvie, –, ” Paulatto, “ Eyjafjallajökull, Lionel Wilson, Micah Garen Organizations: CNN, Iceland, Iceland’s Met, Civil Protection Agency, Imperial College London, Geophysical, University College London, University of Lancaster, Authorities, Planetary Sciences, Lancaster University, Police, North Locations: Grindavík, Iceland, Vestmannaeyjar, Surtsey, ”, Iceland’s, Reykjavík, Reykjavik, Keflavík, North America, Eurasia

☆ Iceland evacuates town over concerns of volcanic eruption
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Lava spurts and flows after the eruption of a volcano in the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland, July 12, 2023, as seen in this handout picture taken from a Coast Guard helicopter. Civil Protection of Iceland/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsCOPENHAGEN, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Icelandic authorities have completed the evacuation of 3,000 residents of a town in the southwest of the island over concerns of a volcanic eruption after a series of earthquakes and evidence of magma spreading underground. The chance of an eruption has increased significantly," Thorvaldur Thordarson, professor of volcanology at the University of Iceland, told state broadcaster RUV. Reykjanes is a volcanic and seismic hot spot southwest of the capital Reykjavik. In August 2022, a three-week eruption happened in the same area, followed by another in July of this year.

Persons: Thordarson, Jacob Gronholt, Pedersen, Louise Rasmussen, David Holmes, Christina Fincher Organizations: Coast Guard, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Icelandic Meteorological, University of Iceland, RUV, Civil Protection Agency, Thomson Locations: Iceland, Handout, Grindavik, Reykjavik, Copenhagen

☆ Iceland’s Blue Lagoon closed as 1,000 earthquakes hit in 24 hours
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But the world-famous Blue Lagoon geothermal pool has closed for a week because of the current seismic activity around the site. The site is part of southwest Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula – a thick finger of land pointing west into the North Atlantic Ocean from capital Reykjavik. As well as the Blue Lagoon, the peninsula is also home to Iceland’s main airport, Keflavik International. According to the Icelandic Met Office, around 1,400 earthquakes were measured in the 24 hours leading up to around midday on Thursday November 9, with another 800 in the first 14 hours of Friday. CNN has contacted the Icelandic Met Office and the Icelandic Civil Protection Agency for comment.

Persons: CNN —, “, ”, Thursday’s, Sergio Pitamitz, Þuríður Aradóttir Braun, RÚV Organizations: CNN, Keflavik International, Icelandic Met Office, Met Office, Magma, Icelandic Met, BBC, Icelandic Civil Protection Agency, Icelandic National Broadcasting Service Locations: Iceland, Reykjavik, Eldvörp, Þorbjörn, Sýlingarfell, Reykjanes, Fagradalsfjall, Peninsula, Mount Þorbjörn, Grindavik

☆ Icelandic volcano erupts near capital
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Nora Buli | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Smoke billows and lava spurts after the eruption of a volcano, on the Reykjanes peninsula, near the capital Reykjavik, in southwest Iceland, July 10, 2023, in this picture obtained from social media. Juergen Merz - Glacier Photo Artist/via REUTERSOSLO, July 10 (Reuters) - A volcano has erupted on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwest Iceland, near the capital Reykjavik, following intense earthquake activity in the area, the country's Meteorological Office (IMO) said on Monday. "At the moment, it's a very small eruption," said Matthew Roberts of the service and research division at the IMO. Reykjanes Peninsula is a volcanic and seismic hot-spot southwest of the capital Reykjavik. "This is not a volcanic eruption with any ash.

Persons: Juergen Merz, Matthew Roberts, IMO's Roberts, Nora Buli, Barbara Lewis Organizations: REUTERS, country's Meteorological, Reykjavik's, Keflavik, Thomson Locations: Reykjavik, Iceland, REUTERS OSLO, Reykjanes, Oslo

☆ Watch: Fagradalsfjall Volcano Erupts in Iceland
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Persons: Julia Nikhinson Organizations: White, Secret, Service, West Wing, Reuters

☆ See the photos that won National Geographic’s ‘Pictures of the Year’ contest
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( Audrey Wan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

National Geographic announced the winning photographs from its first "Pictures of the Year" photo competition. The photo will be featured in an upcoming issue of National Geographic's U.S. magazine. Their photos will be published on National Geographic's Your Shot Instagram page, which has some 6.5 million followers. Salt wells on a hillside in the Salt Mines of Maras in Peru. An LiThe mines comprise around 4,500 salt wells, each of which produces some 400 pounds of salt per month.

☆ So Hot Right Now: 5 Volcano Vacations to Add to Your Bucket List
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Andrew Nelson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

“FIRE OF LOVE,” the Oscar-nominated 2022 documentary about two star-crossed volcanologists, reflects our fascination with the earth’s eruptions. “Working on the film, I visited two volcanoes—Fagradalsfjall on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula, and Anak Krakatau, off the coast of West Java,” said Sara Dosa, director and producer of the National Geographic documentary. “We were awestruck by the molten rivers pouring down the mountainside—a seemingly surreal color of orange.”Elsewhere, Kilauea’s fireworks on the Big Island of Hawaii kicked off 2023 and, on screens, Sicily’s Mt. Etna loomed as a backdrop for the sexual shenanigans in “The White Lotus.”

☆ IMAGINI SPECTACULOASE! O dronă care filma erupția unui vulcan din Islanda s-a prăbușit în crater
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-01 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

O dronă care filma erupția vulcanului islandez Fagradalsfjall s-a prăbușit când a ajuns deasupra craterului vulcanic, însă a surprins fenomenul până în acel punct, scrie digi24.ro. Drona era pilotată de un utilizator de YouTube, Joey Helms, care încerca să obțină imagini cu râul de lavă, scrie BBC. Până să fie distrusă, drona a filmat râul de lavă și a ajuns până în dreptul craterului, surprinzând imagini impresionante. La un moment dat, când ajunge deasupra craterului, drona începe să piardă altitudine și este stropită de lavă, iar filmarea se întrerupe. Vulcanul Fagradalsfjall a început să erupă în luna martie.

Persons: Fagradalsfjall, . Drona, Joey Helms, drona Organizations: BBC

☆ Fotograful din Moldova, Iurie Belegurschi și-a topit drona pentru a capta imagini cu erupția unui vulcan
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-11 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: 1 min

Mii de islandezi au vizitat muntele Fagradalsfjall, al cărui vulcan a erupt vineri, la circa 40 de kilometri de capitala Reykjavik. Erupția a avut loc după ce zeci de mii de cutremure au avut loc în ultimele săptămâni în apropierea capitalei Islandei. Fotograful moldovean, Iurie Belegurschi, a reușit să surprindă imagini spectaculoase cu momentul erupției. Vulcanul a erupt pentru prima oară după mai bine de 800 de ani, iar locul a fost izolat imediat, însă după ce oamenii de știință au spus că nu mai este periculos pentru oameni, aceștia au fost lăsați să se apropie, iar imaginile sunt de-a dreptul spectaculoase.

Persons: Iurie Belegurschi Organizations: islandezi Locations: Reykjavik, Islandei

☆ Un vulcan din Islanda continuă să expulzeze lavă după o serie de cutremure
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-23 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Lava continua să curgă dintr-un vulcan din Islanda, marţi, la câteva zile după erupţia care a survenit unei serii de cutremure, transmite agerpres.ro. Într-o filmare live în streaming s-a putut vedea lava bolborosind şi stropind la ieşirea din micul crater din apropierea muntelui Fagradalsfjall, în mijlocul magmei gri solidificate ce elibera abur în atmosferă. Potrivit specialiştilor şi autorităţilor islandeze, nu se cunoaşte cât timp va mai dura erupţia, care a început vineri. Cutremurele au devenit, de asemenea, din ce în ce mai puţin intense, potrivit relatării. Autorităţile au solicitat populaţiei să urmărească erupţia în siguranţă de acasă, prin intermediul filmării live în streaming, întrucât în valea Galdingadalur din jur atmosfera este încărcată de gaz sulfurat, iar apropierea de craterul propriu-zis este interzisă.

Persons: Mişcările Locations: Islanda, Reykjanes

☆ IMAGINI SPECTACULOASE cu erupția vulcanului Fagradalsfjall din Islanda. Priveliștea a atras mulți turiști (VIDEO)
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-23 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

E vorba de vulcanul Fagradalsfjall din Islanda care s-a trezit după două săptămâni de activitate seismică. Inițial autoritățile au interzis accesul către acesta din cauza gazelor toxice și a cenușei emanate, dar în scurt timp, vulcanul s-a liniștit și accesul către el a fost permis. Priveliștea impresionantă a atras mulți turiști, iar imaginile publicate pe Internet au adunat mii de vizualizări. Potrivit seismologilor, din vulcan s-au scurs deja în jur de 300 de mii de metri cubi de lavă, iar erupția în sine a fost destul de slabă. În schimb, autoritățile au instituit Cod Portocaliu de pericol pentru aviația civilă în peninsula Reykjanes din sud-vestul Islandei.

Locations: Fagradalsfjall, Islanda, Islandei

☆ Un vulcan a erupt în apropierea capitalei Islandei, după ce au avut loc de zeci de mii de cutremure în ultimele săptămâini
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-20 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Un vulcan a intrat în erupţie la circa 40 de kilometri de capitala Islandei, Reykjavik, vineri, a anunţat Agenţia meteorologică islandeză, în timp ce un nor roşu lumina cerul şi a fost stabilită o zonă de interdicţie a zborurilor, notează AFP. Erupția vine după ce zeci de mii de cutremure au avut loc în ultimele săptămâni în apropierea capitalei Islandei. "Prima notificare a fost primită de Agenţia meteorologică la orele 21:40 GMT. Erupţia a fost confirmată de camere web şi imagini din satelit", a precizat agenţia pe site-ul său. Erupția a fost clasificată ca fiind una de dimensiuni mici.

Persons: lea Organizations: Erupţia, Aeroportul, Reuters Locations: Islandei, Reykjavik, Grindavik, Thorlakshofn, Eurasiei, Americii de Nord, Islanda

☆ (фото) И смотреть приятно, и произносить интересно. В Исландии проснулся вулкан Фаградальсфьядль
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-20 | by ( ) ru.diez.md time to read: +1 min

(фото) И смотреть приятно, и произносить интересно. В Исландии проснулся вулкан ФаградальсфьядльВечером 19 марта на полуострове Рейкьянес на юго-западе Исландии началось извержение вулкана Фаградальсфьядль, передает Meduza. По данным Reuters, на месте извержения образовалась трещина длиной от 500 до 700 метров, из которой бьет лава высотой до 100 метров. В первые часы извержения лава разлилась на площади более одного квадратного километра (или около 200 футбольных полей). По данным метеорологического бюро Исландии, извержение не представляет опасности для населения и объектов инфраструктуры.

Organizations: Reuters, Coast Guard Locations: Reykjanes, Исландия, ФаградальсфьядльВечером, Рейкьянес, Фаградальсфьядль, Рейкьявик, Эйяфьядлайекюдль, Европа

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