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Sierra Leone polio shots delayed by volcanic ash
(AP) -- The health ministry says a polio vaccination campaign in the West African nation of Sierra Leone is being delayed because of European flight problems caused by volcanic ash.
Apr 22, 2010 |
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Ash cloud's silver lining: bluer skies
(AP) -- As volcanic ash cast a shadow over millions of lives, Londoners and other city dwellers across Europe were treated to a rare spectacle of nature: Pristine, blue skies brighter than any in recent memory.
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Apr 21, 2010 |
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Ash Crisis May Not Be Over, Says Leading Volcanologist
(PhysOrg.com) -- Air travel may be resuming in some European countries, but Michael F. Sheridan, PhD, a leading volcanologist and founder of the University at Buffalo's Center for Geohazards Studies, says that the future ...
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Apr 21, 2010 |
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Cockpit audio: Listen as volcanic ash plume causes 1989 engine failure of KLM flight 867
(PhysOrg.com) -- Floating ash plumes from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano have caused massive disruption to the world's air traffic, highlighting the danger that volcanic ash plumes pose to aircraft.
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Apr 21, 2010 |
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Envisat keeping an eye on the Eyjafjallajoekull volcano
(PhysOrg.com) -- The development of the ash plume from Iceland's Eyjafjallajoekull volcano between 17-20 April is tracked in this series of Envisat images.
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Apr 21, 2010 |
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Iceland ash emissions at 'insignificant' level: expert
Only an "insignificant" amount of ash is erupting from Iceland's Eyjafjoell volcano, one of the country's leading seismologists said Wednesday, as European skies finally began to clear, allowing air traffic ...
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Apr 21, 2010 |
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Terra Satellite Helps Measure Iceland Volcanic Plume
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Terra satellite flew directly over Iceland on April 19, 2010, allowing its Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument to capture a series of images of the Eyjafjallajökull ...
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Apr 21, 2010 |
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Volcano ash airport gridlock may help travelers rediscover creative genius, says psychologist
(PhysOrg.com) -- The dark clouds of volcanic ash that have closed airports and stranded travelers for days on end may have a silver lining, suggests an expert on human creativity from Washington University in St. Louis.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 20, 2010 |
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Image: NASA's Terra satellite keeps eye on Eyjafjallajokull's ash plume
NASA's Terra satellite captured an image of the ash plume from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano this morning, April 20, as it flew overhead from its vantage point in space.
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Apr 20, 2010 |
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To fly through ash or not? That's no easy question
(AP) -- To fly, or not? There's no right answer about when it's safe to fly through a cloud of volcanic ash. But it'll be all too obvious if there's a wrong answer, experts say.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 20, 2010 |
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Ash not expected to blow toward North America
(AP) -- Questions and answers about the volcanic ash cloud.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 19, 2010 |
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2 NASA Satellites Capture Last 3 Days of Eyjafjallajokull's Ash Plume
NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites fly around the world every day capturing images of weather, ice and land changes. Over the last three days these satellites have provided visible and infrared imagery of the ...
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Apr 19, 2010 |
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Icelandic eruption, ash column 'diminished markedly': expert
Iceland's volcanic eruption as well as the towering column of ash spewing out of it have both declined significantly, an Icelandic seismologist said Monday.
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Apr 19, 2010 |
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ESA's new satellite image of ash spewing from Iceland's volcano
In this image taken just under two hours ago (14:45 CET) by ESA's Envisat satellite, a heavy plume of ash from the Eyjafjallajoekull Volcano is seen travelling in a roughly southeasterly direction.
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Apr 19, 2010 |
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UK sends warships to rescue stranded Britons
(AP) -- Britain sent Royal Navy warships on Monday to rescue those stranded across the Channel by the volcanic ash cloud, and the aviation industry blasted European transport officials, claiming there was ...
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Apr 19, 2010 |
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