According to the media.
REPORTS predicting the imminent eruption of a “highly hazardous” volcano in Iceland have been slammed by scientists as premature and “highly exaggerated”.

The story was originally published by UK news outlet The Sunday Times and focused on recent airborne measurements taken by Icelandic and British scientists around Katla, a giant volcano in southern Iceland.

The story claimed the measurements concluded that Katla was releasing “huge” amounts of carbon dioxide and was poised to erupt at any moment.

Within article are links that can get to the report.

Katla, which is Icelandic for “kettle” or “boiler”, last erupted in 1918 and was apparently “overdue” for an eruption, the story claimed.

It reads like a scene out of Dante’s Peak and comes eight years after the major eruption of Katla’s neighbouring volcano, Eyjafjallajokull which essentially shut down Europe’s entire air travel system.

To put that into perspective, the ash clouds produced by this immense volcanic eruption resulted in the biggest disruption of international flight space since World War II.

If the people of Iceland, and Europe in general, weren’t already anxious enough, the story claims that scientists have warned Katla is ready to blow “on a scale that dwarfs” the Eyjafjallajokull eruption of 2010.

Naturally, the story prompted worldwide panic and was picked up and shared by news outlets around the globe.

BUT appears all was not real.
It also sparked a major backlash from the scientific community, saying the story had been completely misunderstood and fabricated.

Scientists have taken to social media to call out the claims, saying there is no reliable evidence to suggest that Katla will erupt at anytime.

They have also said that the original article misunderstood the measurements taken by the scientists and that elevated levels of carbon dioxide did not necessarily mean an eruption was imminent.

“It bears noting that the original article itself makes no claims that Katla is about to erupt,” the story said.

Problem with MSM is great headlines page one for the false story then probably a few lines on page 8 for the retraction.

Article here.
http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/climate-change/scientific-community-furious-over-claims-volcano-is-ready-to-blow/news-story/0eb97c60009f8d3a7101ebc797444131

Correction to above 2 lines.

According to the media.
REPORTS predicting the imminent eruption of a “highly hazardous” volcano in Iceland.

The second bit came after the media had people worried "have been slammed by scientists as premature and “highly exaggerated”."

Better to follow link read article for full context.

Too big for 350 words.

Good catch Philip S.

Canem Malum - Thanks but regrettably I stuffed up the beginning which will lead to a bit of confusion unless the link is used to get full story.

It has become more often lately for the media to run fake or misleading stories with big headlines when found out the retraction is buried so virtually no one sees it.

Phillip S did you see in the past week a report from an on the ground reporter on TV about the American hurricane?
He bravely swayed in the wind clearly in danger of falling over or even being blown away,
BRAVE MAN then unfortunately, two people walked in to the shot, clearly walking upright without difficulty not a hair out of place
Media has become a production factory and truth is not required.

funding and narrative go hand in hand with science these days. No rational person could believe in the evolution myth or one of its daughters man made gw.