The eruption of Iceland's Grimsvoetn volcano has tailed off and its ash plume has almost disappeared, experts and officials said on Wednesday, refusing though to declare the flight-disrupting incident closed.
Earth Sciences
May 25, 2011
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(AP) -- Iceland closed its main international airport and canceled all domestic flights Sunday as a powerful volcanic eruption sent a plume of ash, smoke and steam 12 miles (20 kilometers) into the air.
Earth Sciences
May 22, 2011
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Scientists using electric and magnetic sensors have mapped the size and composition of a vast plume of hot rock and briny fluid down to 200 miles below Yellowstone National Park's surface, according to a new study soon to ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 15, 2011
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While prospectors and geologists have been successful in finding diamonds through diligent searching, one University of Houston professor and his team's work could help improve the odds by focusing future searches in particular ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 14, 2010
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In the first peer-reviewed scientific paper to be published about the Icelandic volcano since its eruption in April 2010, UK researchers write that the ash plume which hovered over Scotland carried a significant and self-renewing ...
Earth Sciences
May 27, 2010
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NASA's Terra satellite continues to provide visible and infrared imagery of Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull Volcano ash plume, and the most recent imagery showed the plume being pulled in a northeasterly direction over the island ...
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May 18, 2010
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(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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(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.
Earth Sciences
Apr 21, 2010
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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 ash plume from ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 19, 2010
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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.
Earth Sciences
Apr 19, 2010
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