Dear all European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2010 General Assembly (GA) potential attendees: The EGU Programme Committee Advisory Board and the EGU Executive have been in active discussion since Friday morning (16 April 2010) evaluating the current air-travel and ash plume situation as to the consequences for people being able to travel to the EGU 2010 General Assembly. We have been monitoring the si ...[Read More]
Recent Natural Hazard Events at EGU General Assembly 2010
There is going to be a special session on the Eyjafjallajökull Eruption at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2010 on Tuesday 4th May from 18:30 to 20:00 in Room 36. The time and location are currently provisional. The recent Natural Hazard Events in Haiti and Chile will be covered in SM1.0/G25/GD2.17/GM1.5/GMPV37/NH4.0/NH5.3/SSP1.9/TS8.4 Large Magnitude Earthquakes and Tsunami Activi ...[Read More]
Eyjafjallajokull Eruption and Air Travel Disruption
For the first time ever, all United Kingdom airspace is currently closed due to ash from the Eyjafjallajokull Eruption in Iceland, a situation replicated in several other Northern European countries. At the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2010, session NH2.2 Passive satellite techniques and ground-based potential field investigations of volcanic activity contains several presentations ...[Read More]