Icelandic volcano system has been spewing lava since early September

Wednesday, October 29, 2014 - 08:00 in Earth & Climate

Jeffrey Karson, a Syracuse University geologist who recently traveled to Iceland to monitor the early stages of the eruption, says the lava field now covers more than 22 square miles (or 14,000 acres), nearly the size of Manhattan.

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