Residents are wearing masks to protect themselves from thick volcanic ash that is blanketing several Indonesian villages as ...

A major U.S. jet engine maker announced Thursday it will investigate the effects of volcanic ash on the engines of aircraft that have flown through the plume.

In the process, they may undergo chemical reactions on the surface of the ash itself—possibly pulling around 43% more sulfur dioxide out of the air. Ash, in other words, may hasten the transformation ...

Volcanic ash effects on Earth systems Date: October 4, 2023 Source: Cornell University Summary: To bridge the knowledge gap between volcanologists and atmospheric scientists working on climate ...

Volcanic ash shuts down air traffic and can sicken people. But a new study suggests that it may also be more important for Earth's climate than scientists once thought.

Ash breakdown. During a June 2011 eruption, the Nabro volcano in Eritrea shot ash into the sky (seen in the satellite image at left). A computer algorithm analyzed some of the clouds in the area ...

On December 15, 1989 a KLM Boeing 747 was descending to land in Anchorage, Alaska. It was around 27,000 feet when it flew into volcanic ash from the Redoubt Volcano, approximately 150 miles away.

Volcanic ash is frozen lava, but on a very small scale. As it’s mostly made of silicon compounds, much like sand on the beach is, when it freezes from its molten state, it does so at such a ...

The team found that ash-rich volcanic eruptions caused clouds to host fewer, but larger ice crystals. “At the beginning of the study, we did expect clouds affected by volcanic eruptions to look ...

Volcanic ash shuts down air traffic and can sicken people. But a new study suggests that it may also be more important for Earth's climate than scientists once thought.