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Volcano Ash Can Send The Earth Into Deep Freeze

According to scientists, a majorvolcanoeruption in Iceland might cause the temperatures all

overEurope and in the northern parts ofUSA to drop dramatically. At the moment expertsfear another eruption at the nearby volcano, Katla. When Katla went off in the 1700s, it sent

the whole world into an extended deep freeze.

Depending on a new eruption, Katla could cause some serious weather changes.

Gary Hufford

The latest update from EuroControl confirms that ongoing European air tr avel closures

will likely have dramatic economic consequences. According to todays update from the

flight control agency expects approximately 5,000 flights to take place today in European

airspace.

Normally there are 22,000 expected flights. So far 17 000 have been canceled.

Airspace restrictions have impacted most Northern and Central Europe, including: Austria,

Belgium, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, most of France, most of

Germany, Hungary, Ireland, northern Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania,

Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and the UK.

EuroControl also notes that approximately 600 trans-Atlantic flights still take place each day,

300 in each direction. 73 flights arrived in Europe this morning.

We are confident economists around the world are working furiously to estimate the GDP

impact on the euro zone as a result of this material outlier, Zero Hedge writes.

First Easter, next Cesar Chavez day, now it is only logical that natural earth processes will

be used to blame for the failings of Keynesianism, the blogger adds.

Ash Cloud Warning

EuroControl have issued the chart below witch forecast the ash clouds path over the next

hours.

(Click here for enlarged picture.)

No Change

Expect ongoing interruptions for the next four or five days, Teitur Atlason, at the Icelandicmeteorological office, says in a telephone interview with Bloomberg News, Saturday.

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The eruption is still in full swing, and the volcano is spewing pretty dark ashes as high into

the air as 5 to 6 kilometers.

The jet stream winds, which extend from 10,000 feet up to 40,000 feet, show no signs ofchange through Wednesday, Accuweather says in a statement.

Any ash plume that is released from the Eyjafjall volcano in Iceland will continue tothreaten northern Europe and the British isles.

May Continue For Years

The current in the height the ashes are reaching remains a strong northwesterly wind, which

blows the ashes to Scotland and South Scandinavia, Atlason of the Icelandic Met Office

says.

Once the ashes reach those places other more complex wind systems take over, which

spread the ashes across North and Central Europe. This will continue until Wednesday.

But the volcanic eruptions may continue for months, curtailing European air traffic when the

ash reaches the region, according to geophysicist Sigrun Hreinsdottir at the University of

Iceland in Reykjavik.

From what weve seen, it could erupt, pause for a few weeks, and then possibly erupt

again.

The last eruption of Eyjafjallajkull in December 1821 continued until January 1823.

We really dont know if this eruption is going to last as long as the previous one, but wecant say its not a possibility, Gudrun Larsen, a vulcanologist at the University of Iceland

says.

The Scary Part

What few Medias have reported so far, is the fact that the scientist has been afraid of a major

volcano eruption in Iceland for quite some time.

But their focus has not been onEyjafjallwho started its eruption about four weeks ago,buton its more nosier neighborKatla.

If lava flowing from Eyjafjallajokull melts the glaciers that hold down the top ofKatla, then

Katla could blow its top, pumping gigantic amounts of ash into the atmosphere.

Scientists say history has proven that whenever the Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupts, Katla

always follows the only question is how soon.

When Katla went off in the 1700s, the USA suffered a very cold winter, says Gary Hufford,a scientist with the Alaska Region of the National Weather Service.

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To the point, theMississippi Riverfroze just north of New Orleans and theEast Coast,

especially New England, had an extremely cold winter.

If Eyjafjallajokull continues to belch, then you worry, Hufford says in an interviewpublished on Marsh 25th at ScienceFair/USAToday.

Depending on a new eruption, Katla could cause some serious weather changes.

Might Block the Sun

Whats key in having volcanic eruptions affect the weather is both the duration of the

eruption, and how high the ash gets blasted into the stratosphere, according to Hufford.

For example, he says, Mount Pinatubo pumped ash for two days in 1991, and spewed it

70,000 feet into the stratosphere.

This dropped temperatures worldwide about four degrees for about a year.

When volcanic ash reaches the stratosphere, it remains for a long time, Hufford explains.

The ash becomes a very effective block of the incoming solar radiation, thus cooling the

atmospheres temperatures.

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