Iceland Update: Katla is rumbling again

Russ Steele

I wrote about the possibility that Katla is Iceland might become active again in this decade here, based on a swarm of earth quakes. Now those quakes are getting more intense.

Every time Katla has erupted in human history the human race has suffered. Now, with our dependence on air travel to transport food and people for business and tourism the impact will be significant in the short term. Long term the shortening of the growing season will impact the global food supply. The northern grain growing regions in the US, Canada and Russia will be unable to produce the surpluses that have fed hungry mouths around the world.  Some regions will shift southward, but will not be enough to feed the hungry. 

Now the Katla quakes are becoming more intense, over shorter intervals. More details here.


H/T to Walt who posted a reminder.