Huge wall of fire expands to the north as gas cloud heads towards airport - Fresh lava now covers 3.2 square kilometres of land

The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has now updated its guidance on travel to the country. It warned travellers that more eruptions are ‘likely’ and advised them to closely follow local media for any further updates. This is the ninth time the volcano has erupted since December 2023.

The concept isn’t hypothetical. Tephra layers in Icelandic peat cores show that eruptions soared six-fold between 12,000 and 10,000 years ago —exactly when

The most alarming case may be West Antarctica, where more than 100 active volcanoes lie buried beneath the ice. One glacier there— Thwaites, often dubbed the “Doomsday Glacier”— is retreating at an alarming pace.