welcome to Su News Channel have you been affected by gas cloud filling the UK Skies how spread of sulfur dioxide from volcanic eruption in Iceland can cause harm and a nasty smell Britain has this morning been engulfed with a huge cloud of sulfur dioxide spread from the volcanic eruption in Iceland according to a weather map a huge cloud of SO2 completely covered the country by 4:00 a.m. with it still covering half of the UK at 8:45 a.m. data by check weather portal windy showed s 2 is predominantly produced from the combustion of coal or crude oil but volcanoes also produce huge quantities of it when they erupt inhaling the gas can cause symptoms such as a sore throat coughing a runny nose burning eyes tight lungs and difficulty breathing the colorless gas has an irritating pungent odor familiar is the smell of a just struck match and can also cause stinging pain redness and blisters when it comes in contact with the skin Professor Simon K of Michigan Technological University wrote on x another batch of # volcanic SO2 on route to the uk/ irand courtesy of the latest # eruption on # iseland Sr Janes Peninsula might cause some local Ash a quality impacts in the coming days at Eddie weather at Scottish EPA direct exposure to SO2 is associated with asthma and chronic bronchitis with the SO2 emitted from Co burning during the London smog in 1952 playing a key role in the thousands of respiratory related deaths at the time so SO2 can also combine with water vapor in the Earth's atmosphere to form acid rain that can travel large distances elderly people are particularly vulnerable to SO2 inhalation while charity asthma and lung UK say more people with asthma are admitted to hospital with asthma attacks when there are high levels of the gas young children may also be more sensitive to the effects of SO2 due to their smaller size a government document reads in June experts set a non-explosive Fisher on the rake Janes peninsula in Iceland may have caused an unprecedented spike in SO2 levels in Edinburgh and not seen since the 1970s UK Center for Ecology and hydrology senior air pollution modeler Dr masimo vieno said there was likely to be minimal damage to the environment reported the BBC he said this was an extremely unusual event that happened for a very short period of time we basically had a large explosion in Iceland which combined with exactly the right configuration of wind to bring the plume from The Rake Janes Peninsula to Scotland and to Edinburgh specifically it is a very unique event the plumes of dangerous smog floated over from Iceland after a volcano in the rake Janes Peninsula near grindvik erupted on Thursday the eruption had been expected for a few weeks due to the ongoing seismic activity in the area and due to pressure changes in B holes reports said rescue teams had been called up in rake Janes in office as thousands of people in gind divic and the Blue Lagoon had to be evacuated local authorities told residents to stay away from the area for their own safety and for the safety of Emergency Services mail online previously reported that Iceland had been rocked by eight volcanic eruptions since 2021 that have sent citizens fleeing from their homes an international team of scientists studied lava samples and seismic data from the last 3 years of eruptions they discovered that the peninsula is sat on an interconnected magma plumbing system that could keep volcanoes fed with molten rock for decades to come Le author Valentine troll professor of petrology at upsa University says a comparison of these eruptions with historical events provides strong evidence that Iceland will have to prepare and be ready for this volcanic episode to continue for some time possibly even years to decades Iceland is located directly above something called the Mid-Atlantic Ridge a boundary between the tectonic plates of Eurasia and North America as these plates drift apart hot rock from Earth's mantle the largest of the planet's layers can squeeze its way up to the surface this makes volcanic ruptions a fairly common part of life with one occurring about once every 3 to 5 years Source dailymail.co.uk please like share and subscribe thank you for watching