This is complete as of April 11, 2024, and already lengthy enough to deserve its own section (will probably add more for the last post).
The series is:
- Iceland: A Magnificent Mystery
- The Ridge, the Mantle, and the Vikings
- Managing Volcanic Hazard in Iceland
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___. Ongoing. Updates on Sundukhnukur eruption in English https://en.vedur.is/about-imo/news/volcanic-unrest-grindavik and from their main page, autotranslated from Icelandic https://vedur-is.translate.goog/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp
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