A team of German researchers who got a chance to analyze ash particles from the cloud emitted by Eyjafjallajokull volcano, in Greenland, say that the structures were larger than they ever expected. As soon as the glaciovolcano began spewing out vast amounts of ash and magma, researchers in Leipzig set up their scient... |
21 August 2010 07:10 GMT |
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The glaciovolcano Eyjafjallajokull erupted on March 20 for the first time in two centuries, covering the skies above Iceland, and indeed most of Europe, with a thick cloud of ash. This prevented airplanes from taking off, and cased significant damage to the European economy. As such, it stands to reason that people a... |
11 May 2010 04:15 GMT |
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Everyone knows how average volcanoes look like, a large mountain with active interior, which funnels magma from the mantle onto the planet's surface, where it turns to lava and devastates everything around. But a special type of such structure is represented by glaciovolcanoes, which are similar to the “re... |
23 April 2010 16:01 GMT |
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