Volcanoes!

Volcano , the word of the week, this would not normally effect F1 but it is , in the form of flight problems. As you all might have heard that flights in uk and Europe are effected so a quick call to swisschick for her to gives us a low down on Volcanoes ( Seismology & Volcanology is her field). Ok so idiots guide to what is happening.

Eyjafjallokull Volcano is at present erupting, she last erupted about 200 years ago and did so for about a month. The ash is the problem as she erupts the gas from the volcano is pushing the ash and small pumice is being push into the upper atmosphere, this if sucked into an aircraft engine can "grit it up" and stop it from working , thus it would fall from the sky.

The Ash clouds are being moved around by air flow and up drafts in the upper atmosphere.

Over the next few days you might find a small grey to black dust appearing on your cars and windows.