[Geology2] Odd Volcano News

Odd volcano news: Volcano stadium and wheat from Eyjafjallajökull

Posted on: August 10, 2010 11:10 AM, by Erik Klemetti

The new volcano-inspired Chivas stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico.

• Last year we had the volcano mall in Italy, this year we have the volcano football (that is soccer for us Americans) stadium in Mexico (see above). The stadium in Guadalajara has green, sloping sides that that open to the "crater" that is filled with the pitch and the stands - seems fitting for a city in the middle of the Trans-Mexico Volcanic Belt. No word on what happens when the home team scores.
• Over in Iceland, Eyjafjallajökull is being thanked for bringing a bumper crop of wheat to the southern part of the island. One of the wheat farmers, Olafur Eggertsson from Thorvaldseyri, says that he thinks the ash from the eruption helped by adding nutrients to the soil - although the especially warm summer for Iceland this year likely played an important role as well.

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