Volcanoes • Iceland • Fissure Eruptions • New Research Why does a long underground crack filled with magma erupt violently in one place — yet fail to reach the surface just a few kilometres away? New research from Iceland’s giant Laki and Eldgjá fissure eruptions suggests that part of the answer may be sitting directly […]

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