Bardarbunga sulphur dioxide emissions

This image shows the sulphur dioxide emissions from Iceland’s Bardarbunga volcano as of about midday on 4 September 2014, as detected by the GOME-2 instrument on the MetOp-A and -B satellites. 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. The Bardarbunga volcano has shown heightening activity since mid-August, causing thousands of local earthquakes, spewing lava and threatening air travel. Read full article.