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Volcanic ash

In this photo provided by the Australian Defense Force, debris from damaged building and trees are strewn around on Atata Island in Tonga, on Jan. 28, 2022.

Tonga reconnects with the world after massive volcanic eruption

Natural disasters

For nearly 40 days, telecommunications were extremely limited across the small Pacific island nation of Tonga, after a volcanic eruption displaced and cut an underwater fiber optic cable.

A fresh cloud of ash rises from the volcano under the Eyjafjallajökull glacier in Iceland on May 16, 2010.

Iceland’s largest volcano might blow its stack

Environment

VIDEO: Scientists working to develop ash detection technology for aircraft

Environment

Video: Scientists Developing New Tech to Fly Through Ash Clouds

Environment
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Under the Ash in Iceland

Health & Medicine
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Inside Iceland’s Ash Cloud

Development & Education

Ash from a volcano in Iceland is again causing flight cancellations in Europe. Anchor Lisa Mullins finds out what the ash cloud might feel like if you are in it, from John Maclennan, a volcano expert at Cambridge University in England.

Airport Closures Follow Volcanic Eruption in Iceland

Environment

The Grimsvotn volcano erupted Saturday in Reykjavik, Iceland and has forced the closure of the main international airport and cancellation of all domestic flights. Matthew Roberts from the Iceland Meteorological Office joins us.

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Volcanic Lightning

When Alaska’s Mount Redoubt erupted in March, researchers found a trove of information to help them understand what causes volcanic lightning.

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Ash cloud’s economic fallout reverberates throughout globe

Environment

As the high altitude ash plume from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano halts air travel around Europe and beyond, we look at another impact the global grounding has made: on commodity trades.

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British government uses war ships to ferry stranded passengers

Global Politics

Travelers caught up in the air transport chaos in Europe caused by a cloud of volcanic ash from an Icelandic volcano are going to extraordinary measures to get home. British travelers trying to get to the U.K. will soon get help from two major war ships.

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