Friday, January 06, 2012

ash



may 22

  • Iceland 's most active Grimsvotn volcano has started erupting, but scientists have said that this volcano 's eruption should not lead to the air travel chaos caused in April 2010 by ash from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano. Seattle Times full feed
  • REYKJAVIK ( Reuters ) - Iceland 's most active volcano erupted on Saturday, hurling a plume of ash and smoke far into the sky, which aviation officials were closely monitoring after another volcano shut European airspace for days last year. Reuters Environment
  • Iceland 's most active volcano has erupted, sending a plume of white ash 18,000 feet into the air. Huffington Post Full Feed
  • Last year, another Icelandic eruption, of the volcano Eyjafjallajokull, attracted worldwide attention after its ash cloud disrupted air travel across Europe. CNN World
  • During the decades spanned by the two world wars, half a century of darkening horizons culminating on the ash heaps of Auschwitz and Dresden, the European literary community went into a fever of restlessness. Guardian Culture
  • The archaeologists also found remains of two wooden clubs, one the shape of a baseball bat and made of ash, the second the shape of a croquet mallet and made of sloe wood. BBC Top Stories
  • " The ash distribution forecast over the next six hours shows that the ash from the volcano will spread over Iceland today, leading to the closure of most Icelandic airports as the day goes on, " the Isavia authority said in a statement. Reuters Top News


  • may 24

  • A dense ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano blew toward Scotland, causing airlines to cancel Tuesday flights, forcing President Barack Obama to shorten a visit to Ireland, and raising fears of a repeat of last year 's huge travel disruptions in Europe that stranded millions of passengers. AP Top Headlines
  • The only hitch on day one was the threat of a volcanic ash cloud from Iceland that led the president to leave Ireland without even a night 's stay and land in England on Monday night. AP Top Headlines
  • A dense cloud of ash from an Icelandic volcano blew toward Scotland on Monday, creating fears among airlines across Europe that the eruption-related travel disruptions of last year would be repeated. New York Times, World
  • Picture shows the growing ash plume from the Grimsvotn volcano, under the Vatnajokull glacier in southeast Iceland, as its eruption begins May 21, 2011. Reuters Environment
  • A dense ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano blew toward Scotland, causing airlines to cancel Tuesday flights, forcing President Barack Obama to shorten a visit to Ireland, and raising fears of a repeat of last year 's huge travel disruptions in Europe that stranded millions of passengers. AP Top Headlines


  • may 25

  • The cash-green carpet that sprang up from wildfire ash could brown under the Texas sun. Reuters US News
  • As with other self-proclaimed godmen, Sai Baba was denounced as a fraud by many skeptics, who disparaged as sleight of hand the “miracles” he performed — producing sacred ash from his fingers or Rolex watches from his hair. New York Times, World
  • The Obamas, obliged to leave Ireland for London a day earlier than scheduled on account of the Icelandic ash cloud (they slept at the American ambassador’s residence, since their palace rooms were not yet ready), had a full day. New York Times, World
  • Northern Europe was set to bear the brunt of air traffic disruption from Icelandic volcanic ash on Wednesday, but experts said the eruption was rapidly dying down. Reuters Environment
  • A spokeswoman for Nats said there was no volcanic ash currently predicted for airspace over the UK at a density that would have an impact on flights. BBC Top Stories
  • Both papers report on a forecast which suggests the ash cloud could return. BBC Top Stories
  • About 370 flights to and from Scotland and Northern Ireland were cancelled Tuesday as a cloud of ash from an Icelandic volcano continued to affect air travel. CBC Top Stories