Toxic volcano gas reaches Europe

After several eruptions this year, Iceland’s Reykjanes volcano saw another on August 22, spreading a plume of sulphur dioxide across northwestern Europe for several days
                                          
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Reykjanes volcano 
ICELAND
Atlantic Ocean
EUROPE
AFRICA


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Dobson units (DU, measurement of amount of gas in vertical column through Earth’s atmosphere)


Source: Copernicus 
Pictures: Copernicus, Getty Images 
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