After the awe inspiring eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano last month, it’s important to remember the powerful forces at work just miles beneath the ground on which we live. While this most recent eruption spewed tons of ash into the atmosphere disrupting flights across Europe, just 30 years ago an even more massive volcanic explosion leveled [...]
Here’s some amazing video of Eyjafjallajokull that Icelandic volcano that nobody can pronounce during a few days of its eruption. While a volcanic eruption may make most people think of spewing lava flows and fiery debris fields, this volcano mostly blanketed the skies of Europe with a whole lot of ash. And although it disrupted flights for days [...]
Here we go again. We humans just can’t get over the allure of controlling the weather. But why should we? If there’s one force in nature that influences everyone on the planet everyday, for better or worse, it’s the weather. From cloud seeding to oceanic microbubbles, if there’s a way to change world climates, we’ll [...]
Remember when Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupted a few weeks ago, violently spewing ash and debris into European skies? It grounded most flights across the continent for several days. The video below is an aggregation of actual flights (or lack thereof) during that time period. What’s amazing is the volume of flights as atmospheric conditions improved. [...]
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