And So The Hraunkælingarstjori Goes

Meet “Iceland’s only ‘lava cooling manager’ — or ‘hraunkælingarstjori’ in Icelandic.” NYT (Gift Article): Iceland’s Chief ‘Lava Cooler’ Is Bracing for the Next Eruption. “More than two years ago, as the earth seethed, Icelandic officials scrambled to make a plan. The first eruption in that area came just days before Christmas in 2023. Within hours, lava was just about a mile and a half from the fishing town of Grindavik, whose 3,500 residents had already fled from their homes. Billowing smoke and lava fountains reached more than 300 feet into the air. So they came up with a daring idea. If they could not stop it, could they at least steer it?”