While we already know the long-term effects of
volcanic eruptions to the atmosphere, it's also important to take into account the finer details of its effects,' she said.
Writing in Earth System Dynamics, UA researchers Christopher Colose and Mathias Vuille, along with Allegra LeGrande of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, document the influence of large, explosive (Plinian)
volcanic eruptions during the last millennium.
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers' latest report has highlighted the need to test-fly aeroplanes through ash clouds caused by
volcanic eruptions to avoid a repeat of the chaos that followed the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull earlier this year.
Consolidated sales for the second quarter of 2010 decreased to EUR877m, which Air Berlin said was due to the
volcanic eruption and the prolonged flight ban caused by the spread of volcanic ash.
as the ash cloud caused by a
volcanic eruption in Iceland would affect Turkish air space.
In comparison with that catastrophe, four or five days without normal civil aviation operations in Europe might seem a more modest price to pay, though the Mount St Helens
volcanic eruption in 1980 did apparently have adverse longer term effects on the climate at the time.
VOLCANIC eruptions in Iceland could continue for MONTHS, leading to protracted travel chaos for millions of passengers.
Summary:
Volcanic eruption in Iceland closes scores of UK airports, leaving passengers on hold Friday as air traffic authorities monitor ash cloud.
Iceland's second
volcanic eruption in less than a month began under a glacier in the south of the country at around 2am on Tuesday.
Royal Jordanian Airlines RJ on Thursday canceled a London-bound flight after a
volcanic eruption in Iceland sent a massive cloud of ash that forced the closure of airports across Europe.
In 1997, a
volcanic eruption killed 19 people and buried much of the island, including its former capital, Plymouth, which is now abandoned.
Picture a
volcanic eruption so big that it spews a fountain of lava 350 kilometers (220 miles) high--40 times the height of Mount Everest, That's what astronomers saw recently when NASA's New Horizons space probe snapped photos of the volcano Tvashtar on Jupiter's fiery moon Io.