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Bardarbunga Belches

Bardarbunga plume

EU–(ENEWSPF)–5 September 2014.  Satellites are showing clouds of sulphur dioxide from Iceland’s restive Bardarbunga volcano.

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ESA’s Volcanic Ash Strategic Initiative Team (VAST) and Support to Aviation Control Service (SACS) are monitoring the situation closely, and have detected sulphur dioxide emissions since early September. A small cloud of sulphur dioxide has been drifting toward Europe since late last night.

The Bardarbunga volcano has shown heightening activity since mid-August, causing thousands of local earthquakes, spewing…

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