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






