Malcolm Brabant:
If it happens, this eruption is not going to manifest itself in the classic way, from the top of a fiery mountain. Instead, scientists expect lava will burst through fissures in the ground somewhere above a wide volcanic field.
Kristin Jonsdottir is the head of Iceland's volcanoes department..
Kristin Jonsdottir, Head, Icelandic Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Deformations Department: Every day, what we're seeing is a decline in the rate of earthquakes and also in the rate of energy release from the earthquakes.
However, this does not mean that an eruption is less likely. We have actually seen a similar decline just before the onset of eruptions in Fagradalsfjall.
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