Iceland volcano eruption releases gigantic toxic gas cloud flying towards Europe a massive cloud of toxic gas released from Iceland's ongoing volcanic eruption is moving across northern Europe the scientists who have been tracking the cloud said that it is not likely to cause any serious health issues but warned that it may affect the ozone hole above the [Music] Arctic an underground volcano erupted for the fourth time in isounds raikin Peninsula on March 16th opening up the largest fisure of the current eruption cycle and releasing a massive lava flow which narrowly stopped from flowing into the evacuated town of grindvik initially the researchers feared that the lava could reach the sea and release a plume of hydrochloric acid which can be life-threatening to anyone who is living close to the coastline however the lava did not reach the [Music] shore but sulfur dioxide which is a toxic and colorless gas and can be very dangerous if present in high concentrations was released in the eruption the volcano spitted 110 lbs of sulfur dioxide every second on March 17th as per a statement from the Icelandic Met [Music] Office according to Iceland civil protection the workers in the sart sangi power plant had to be evacuated because of high levels of the gas and locals were asked to remain [Music] inside eventually sulfur dioxide emissions decreased significantly however cernus atmosphere monitoring service Cam's data showed that the initial release of gas created a 3M tall 5 km concentrated column which is moving towards other nations in northern Europe the Cernic's atmosphere monitoring service cams is part of the European Union's Copernicus program which has been tracking climate and weather changes with the use of satellite data The Cloud of gas has already crossed the United Kingdom and is moving towards [Music] Scandinavia the cernus atmosphere monitoring service will be tracking the plume although we don't expect there to be any impact on Surface air quality or climate said senior the cernus atmosphere monitoring service scientist Mark perington in a statement to Live Science the impacts of the volcanic eruptions in Iceland in the atmosphere have not yet been so severe but it is relevant to keep monitoring the evolution of the situation said the Cernic's atmosphere monitoring service director Lawrence [Music] ruie [Music]