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Photograph by Eggert Johannesson/AP
A plume of smoke rises from a lava eruption north of Bárðarbunga’s ice cap on September 1st.
The volcano Bárðarbunga, Iceland’s second-highest mountain, began to erupt on August 31st, reportedly flinging lava as high as a hundred and ninety feet in the air. The event, Carolyn Kormann writes, “has prompted a discussion of the relationship between volcanoes, melting glaciers, and climate change.”
