Today marks the 5 year anniversary of the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruption which, although relatively small, managed to disrupt air travel across a large part of Europe during its course.
Read more: Visit Eyjafjallajökull’s next door neighbours
The eruption also caused massive problems for local farmers who faced difficulties farming and grazing livestock due to the thick layer of ash that fell on their land.
Read more: Newscasters struggle to pronounce Iceland's volcanoes
Páll Einarsson, geophysicist at the National University, says the event did not only make Iceland world-famous, it also proved to be a valuable lesson for volcanologists, engineers and airline CEOs.
“It brought to light many of air traffic’s shortcomings, which specialists have been trying to improve ever since.”
Eyjafjallajökull is a small ice cap which covers the caldera of a volcano, 1.666 metres (5,466 ft) high. The volcano has erupted frequently since the last Ice Age with noted eruptions occurring in the years 920, 1612, and intermittently from 1821 to 1823.
Today marks the 5 year anniversary of the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruption which, although relatively small, managed to disrupt air travel across a large part of Europe during its course.
Read more: Visit Eyjafjallajökull’s next door neighbours
The eruption also caused massive problems for local farmers who faced difficulties farming and grazing livestock due to the thick layer of ash that fell on their land.
Read more: Newscasters struggle to pronounce Iceland's volcanoes
Páll Einarsson, geophysicist at the National University, says the event did not only make Iceland world-famous, it also proved to be a valuable lesson for volcanologists, engineers and airline CEOs.
“It brought to light many of air traffic’s shortcomings, which specialists have been trying to improve ever since.”
Eyjafjallajökull is a small ice cap which covers the caldera of a volcano, 1.666 metres (5,466 ft) high. The volcano has erupted frequently since the last Ice Age with noted eruptions occurring in the years 920, 1612, and intermittently from 1821 to 1823.
