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[|The dissipation of volcanic plumes and the real threat to aviation] - The eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull Volcano in April 2010 saw hot gas and fine particles spew into the atmosphere and circulate around the northern hemisphere. European aviation was shut down, seriously disrupting people’s travel plans and hurting economic activity. But was this an over-reaction? [|Herbert Huppert] suggests a new approach to modelling the movement of volcanic plumes.

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Lessons learned: 2010
Every cloud of volcanic ash has a silver lining.

In 2010 an ash cloud from an eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull (AYE-yah Fyat-lah Yir-kutl) volcano in Iceland caused the closure of much of Europe’s airspace for six days from April 16-21 during which time 313 airports were closed and 100,000 flights were canceled. The ash cloud moved again towards Europe between May 4-17 and there were again temporary closures of airspace.

While the volcanic eruption disrupted flights from and to Europe -- canceling my and others plans to attend the 2010 Reisepavillon -- perhaps we can make something good out of the situation.

I was supposed to fly to the land of my ancestors to attend the prestigious tourism event and present the winners of this year's Indigenous Tourism and Biodiversity Website Award. That's not happening, so I proposed a bold strategy of using the Web to show how the Web used in a practical way of linking travelers to indigenous communities and vice-versa. We asked the winners, finalists and nominees of the ITBW Award to step up and introduce themselves via a gamut of Web 2.0 channels.

A November conference at the Royal Aeronautical Society focused on the events and their consequences and looked at what lessons could be learned. [|Bill Read reports.]

"The ash cloud put us literally in a position with no other choice but to communicate through social media. Our airport offices, our call centers, even our website, were completely overrun. But because so many people were stranded with their smartphones, they all had access to social media and they all started asking us for help." - Martijn van der Zee, vice president of e-commerce at KLM Airlines, [|Out of the Ashes - Google.com]

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Headlines
[|Volcanic Ash Advisory from London] - May 24: Latest information received from the Icelandic Meteorological Office indicate that the volcano is no longer emitting any ash but only a steam plume of up to around 10,000 feet. As a result of this lower activity, UK airspace is not expected to be affected. Volcanologists and Geologists term this quieter spell of volcanic activity as a ‘paused’ phase. However, it is typical for a volcano like this to have several ‘pauses’ as part of its overall eruption phase. Only when the volcano has been ‘paused’ for three months will it then be regarded as being dormant. Although no ash is being emitted at the moment, while any volcanic activity continues the Met Office will continue to monitor the situation.

[|Flight ban extended to fifth day] [|'NO END IN SIGHT': Ash Cloud Causes Travel Chaos Around The World] Germany closes all airports because of ash cloud [|Flight Disruptions - Air New Zealand] [|Volcano special: Ask Tom]

[| Iceland turns to jokes - and soul-searching]
[|Under the Ash Cloud] [|Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull Volcano, Iceland]

2011
[|metoffice] - [|latest] - [|twitter] [|earthobservatory] [|guardian] [|Grimsvoetn Grimsvotn (GREEMSH-votn) volcano]

2014
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-19/airlines-on-alert-amid-threat-of-iceland-volcano-eruption.html

BBC
[|Live: Volcano cloud disruption] Iceland volcano cloud: The economic impact [|UK plans emergency response] [|Ash cloud in maps] [|Q&A: Volcanic ash cloud]

recommended listening
[|Under the Volcano] - As Europe copes with the plumes of ash and smoke emanating from Iceland, the focus has been on stranded air travellers and the difficulties of getting home. But what about those who live with volcanoes on a day to day basis as Icelanders do? What effect does a force of nature which can wipe out an entire population have on a country's national psyche?

Carbon
[|Planes or Volcano - Information is Beautiful]

Resources
[|Washington Volcanic Ash Advisory Center]

Delicious
http://delicious.com/ronmader/volcano

Twitter
Kudos to [|Lufthansa] for timely updates! This is clever -- the hashtag to cover the crisis is [|#ashtag]

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_travel_disruption_after_the_2010_Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull_eruption http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_ash http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_eruption_of_Eyjafjallaj%c3%b6kull

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We're sorry. Due to volcanic ash, all flights cancelled.

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