News

Tucked deep inside its namesake 566,000-acre wilderness a scant 70 miles northeast of Seattle, Glacier Peak is the state’s hidden volcano. At a modest 10,541 feet, its summit doesn’t tower ...
The eruption under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland that has thrown up a six-km ... How did the Eyjafjallajokull ash cloud form? By Reuters. April 16, 2010 11:58 AM UTC Updated April 16, 2010 ...
This image, acquired today by ESA's Envisat satellite, shows the vast cloud of volcanic ash sweeping across the UK from the eruption in Iceland, more than 1,000 km away.
How does a volcano in Iceland shut down nearly all of Europe's air traffic? The answer is ash. The Eyjafjallajokull glacier has erupted five times since people started living in the area in the ...
Iceland is no stranger to modern day geological events. The most impactful in recent years was the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption which produced an ash cloud that closed airspace across much of ...
A thick cloud of ash blocked out the daylight at towns and villages at the foot of the glacier where the volcano lies and covered cars and buildings. Picture taken May 21, 2011.[Photo/Agencies] ...
Iceland’s gigantic cloud of volcanic ash spread further across Europe on Friday as experts warned that the fallout from the eruption of a volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier could take ...