Europe is Grounded

Volcanic ash rises from Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland

Volcanic ash rises from Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland. Photograph: Reuters

Planes across Europe remain grounded due to Eyjafjallajokul's eruption. As the BoN reported a few weeks ago, Eyjafjallajokull was erupting. What sites other than the BoN continue to fail to talk about is that Eyjafjallajokull (I love that name, I think my first born son will be called Eyjafjallajokull) serves as the blasting cap for the much bigger and scarier, and easier to pronounce, Katla.

Other fun facts:

The last time Eyjafjallajökull erupted, it lasted 2 years stretching from 1821-1823 (err... have summer flights to the UK? might want to check into those..)

The 1821 eruption spread fluoride across iceland, damaging livestock and human well-being

Eyjafjallajokull is pronounced [ˈɛɪjaˌfjatlaˌjœːkʏtl̥], and can be translated as "island-mountains glacier"


Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull Volcano, Iceland

Posted March 27, 2010
Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull Volcano, Iceland

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