Nearby fishing town evacuated again as sky near Reykjavik glows bright orange

  • OhmsLawn@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    It’s all happening in the same place. Basically, pressure builds, the land deforms, then it vents. AFAIK this is fairly normal, and wouldn’t be much of an issue, if it wasn’t so close to populated areas and critical infrastructure. Geology professor Shawn Willsey has been producing some really good coverage of the topic.

    It doesn’t seem like it’s building towards an explosion, or anything. It’s just extremely inconvenient and frightening to the residents, whose homes are at risk. It’s also a major threat to public safety, given its proximity to the power (and geothermal heating) facility.