A volcano in Iceland has erupted for the fifth time in five months. The eruption emitted lava and ash and prompted the nearby town of Grindavik to be evacuated. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Gro Pedersen, a volcanologist at the University of Iceland, about what is causing the repeat eruptions and the caves newly formed by the lava.
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