Many families along Iceland’s fertile southern coast can spin a good yarn about a close escape from an exploding volcano. Take Kristín Vogförð’s  grandfather, who was tending sheep on the eastern slopes of Katla when it erupted in 1918, melting glacial ice and violently flooding the rivers and fields below. According to an account by the [...]

I went to Iceland  in April to report on volcano monitoring during the Eyjafjallajökull eruption for Science Magazine. That story, which appeared 23 April 2010,  is here. A pair of photos from my field trips appeared in my aunt’s Long Island newspapers (L&M Publications) the week of 26 April. See them here. A first-person essay [...]