Badaboom Volcano

Over the last few weeks you may have noticed that one of Iceland's many volcanoes has been getting more active, generating hundreds of volcanoes in a day.  Bárðarbunga is one of the volcanoes underneath the huge ice sheet of  Vatnajökull and though it is a mafic eruption it does have the potential to create similar aviation problems that Eyjafjallajökull caused in 2010 because of its similar sub-glacial setting.  So far there has been a little ash and a fissure eruption as a dyke reached the surface.  The aviation warnings  have fluctuated from yellow to orange and then back again.  Perhaps the bigger hazard is from a jökulhlaup that can be triggered by the melting of the glacial ice from the volcano's heat.  It will be worth keeping an eye on what's happening with this.  

For the latest updates, check out the website of the Icelandic Meteorological Office.