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When magma rises it forms sheets of magma. If the new sheet of magma didn’t collide with an old sheet lingering on for 200 years, such a massive disaster wouldn’t have happened.                                               Enviornmental Effects
The enviornmental effects will be disasterous and devastating.   At the mouth of the crater, the gases, and the volcanic mixtures have created a rare weather scene known as volcanic lightning (or a "dirty thunderstorm").
In March 2010 Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland exploded into life, spilling lava, magma, rock and clouds of ash into the sky above it. The disaster grounded airlines, stranding holidaymakers and business passengers across Europe and North America.
The long term effects were to be devestating, and the short term effects were not that less traumatizing. The reason for the explosion is very complicated but here is the geographical reason. Most active volcanoes have a single chamber that fills with magma, then pops. Instead, Eyjafjallajökull had a series of horizontal chambers that lieincreadibly close   to each other.


The commonly-known threat a volcano can make is the flow of super-heated rock known as lava. This lava causes fires and destroys everything in its path. The lava will cool and form new rock called basalt. Basalt is rich in minerals and elements and decays into rich, fertile soil. This however doesn’t mean that volcanoes benefit farmers; in fact this actually turns out beneficial on a rare basis. Small earthquakes will often follow after an eruption and are continuous during the eruption. If these occur under water, a tsunami can develop that will damage...