Sep 10 2014Save9/10/14What It's Like To Fly Over Iceland's Headline-Making Active VolcanoRaphael OrloveSaveWhy not hop into a tiny plane with a design rooted in the 1950s and fly right over an active volcano? Specifically,…
Sep 10 2014Save9/10/14What It's Like To Fly Over An Active VolcanoRaphael Orlove19SaveWhy not hop into a tiny plane with a design rooted in the 1950s and fly right over an active volcano? Specifically,…
Aug 21 2014Save8/21/14Volcanic Ash Can Choke A Jet EnginePaul Thompson34SaveAn Icelandic volcano is in the news again. In 2010, it was Eyjafjallajökull, which caused the cancelation of over…
Aug 19 2013Save8/19/13 Driving In A Volcano's Fallout Looks Like The ApocalypseRaphael Orlove25SaveYou know those end of the world movies when the asteroid hits New York City, or the kaiju demolishes Hong Kong?…
Nov 21 2011Save11/21/11Mount Vesuvius caused more Allied bomber losses than a Nazi air raidPeter Orosz23SaveThe Italian Campaign of World War II happened to coincide with the last major eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Bad news…
Apr 15 2010Save4/15/10How Volcanic Ash Can Kill An AirplaneRay Wert223SaveAs volcanic ash spreads from an eruption under a glacier in the Eyjafjallajokull region of Iceland, the British have…