Is climate change increasing Iceland’s volcanic activity? – DW – 11/10/2024

So far, there have been few studies on the interaction between melting ice and volcanic activity in other parts of the world. However, researchers in the US believe 245 volcanoes around the world could be affected, from the Andes to Alaska and Kamchatka in Russia. Around 160 million people live in the vicinity of one of these volcanoes; 20,000 of them in the immediate vicinity.