Robin Andrews

Sep 16, 2024 | telegraphindia.com | Robin Andrews

Imperiled by volcanic eruptions, Iceland scoops up answers from the deep Robin George Andrews Published 16.09.24, 10:10 AM courtesy, wikimedia/giles laurent  Iceland is a citadel built from volcanic fire. Its residents are familiar with their country’s frequent volcanic eruptions, most of which are more beautiful than bothersome.

Sep 12, 2024 | quantamagazine.org | Robin Andrews |Steven Strogatz |Matt Strassler

Introduction On September 16, 2023, the world began to rumble. A gargantuan rock-ice avalanche tumbled into the deep waters of a fjord in eastern Greenland, unleashing a megatsunami whose initial waves reached a height of 200 meters. The waves scoured the walls of the fjord before flowing into the open sea. Even for this avalanche-prone corner of Greenland, the collapse and subsequent megatsunami were shocking for their speed and ferocity. But what followed was considerably stranger.

Feb 20, 2024 | quantamagazine.org | Robin Andrews

IntroductionOn November 10, 2023, Kristín Jónsdóttir, head of the Icelandic Meteorological Office’s department of volcano research, was having a rare day off. “It was my 50th birthday,” she said. Then everything began to shake. She would spend the day staring at her phone, watching the earthquakes bloom across maps of Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula. The peninsula experiences fissure eruptions, where the ground splits open and lava pours out.

Jan 18, 2024 | networthynews.com | Robin Andrews

ByRobin George AndrewsReleased January 17, 2024On Sunday January 14, at 3 a.m. regional time, locals of the seaside Icelandic town of Grindavík were jolted awake by blasting sirensA swarm of earthquakes suggested that lava was unexpectedly increasing from listed below, threatening to swallow up streets and homes. At 7:57 a.m., lava started gushing out of a recently opened crack simply to the town’s north.

Nov 21, 2023 | networthynews.com | Robin Andrews

ByRobin George AndrewsReleased November 13, 2023– 9 minutes checked outThe Reykjanes Peninsula in southwest Iceland is no complete stranger to volcanic outbursts. The introduction of lava into a remote valley in March 2021 marked the very first eruption on the peninsula in 8 centuries– and there have actually been 2 extra eruptions considering thatA 4th was thought about unavoidable, and scientists hoped that it would be yet another reasonably safe eruption far from population.