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Drilling the Beast: Inside Iceland’s Journey to the Center of a Volcano

While most humans spend their lives avoiding active magma, an international consortium of scientists is heading straight for it. Under the Krafla volcano in North-Eastern Iceland, the Krafla Magma Testbed (KMT) is preparing for the world's first-ever controlled drilling into an active magma chamber. This high-risk scientific experiment could solve the mysteries of volcanic prediction and unlock an incredibly powerful source of carbon-free energy.