Eyjafjallajökull, Gígjökull, Jökulhlaup, Gosmökkur
Sunday, April 18, 2010 - 08:14
in Earth & Climate
Eyjafjallajökull, Gígjökull, Jökulhlaup, Gosmökkur The world is suddenly faced with the need to learn how to pronounce Islenska, the Icelandic language. With much of European airspace closed due to volcanic ash in the skies, people are most commonly asking how long it will last, and if it may get worse. Also, the media continues to confuse the issue with talk of an eruption under, variously, a glacier, an ice cap, an ice sheet. There is a world of difference between an ice sheet kilometers thick, and the Gígjökull glacier and the Eyjafjallajökull ice cap. read more