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Iceland volcano: As Reykjanes peninsula erupts after weeks of activity, what is happening under the surface? | World News
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Iceland has been forged by the heat of the Earth’s core. The molten rock that sat 800 metres below the fishing village of Grindavik has finally spewed out of fissures in the ground, after nearly two months of activity. The Icelandic Met Office said in the early hours of Tuesday that the eruptive fissure is…
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Iceland braces for volcanic eruption: As state of emergency is declared, what is happening under the surface? | World News
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Iceland has been forged by the heat of the Earth’s core. The molten rock that now sits 800 metres below the fishing village of Grindavik is expected to reach the surface within days, the latest in a long history of eruptions. Around 4,000 inhabitants were evacuated in the early hours of Saturday after a swarm…
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Earth moves closer to Anthropocene epoch as surface shows indelible impact of human activity | Science & Tech News
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Scientists are a step closer to officially declaring a new geological time period that marks the start of humanity’s irreversible impact on the planet. How to define the start of the Anthropocene epoch, which would need to be visible in layers of rock in millions of years’ time, has proved controversial. Although humans began to…