Seal pups and fledgling penguins could suffer sunburn and skin cancer,and it’s all down to volcanoes and bushfires.
A rare spectacle was documented in the Nordic country,which has experienced a series of volcano eruptions that prompted the declaration of a state of emergency.
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After weeks of warnings,lava is spewing into the air in Iceland again as a volcano just south of the nation’s capital erupted for the fourth time since December.
Bright orange molten rock spewed from cracks in the ground in the Reykjanes peninsula and lava crossed a road near the Blue Lagoon.
Residents of Grindavik are living in hotel rooms,in summer cottages,in temporary rental apartments or are being hosted by family members.
Before last month’s eruption,the Svartsengi volcanic system north of Grindavik had been dormant for around 780 years.
After weeks of anticipation,a volcanic eruption in Iceland’s most populated area sent lava spewing into the night sky and pushed authorities into action.
A rescue mission is under way to find 12 climbers,after 11 others were found dead near the erupting crater of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi.
Land in the region has risen by nine centimetres since October 27,according to the Icelandic Met Office,without showing imminent signs of eruption.
“It’s hard to know when it will stop,but assuming the eruption continues,the island could grow higher and bigger.”