{"id":1225,"date":"2014-06-03T13:05:03","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T12:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/?p=1225"},"modified":"2014-06-03T13:59:01","modified_gmt":"2014-06-03T12:59:01","slug":"do-icelands-volcanoes-pose-a-threat-to-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/2014\/06\/do-icelands-volcanoes-pose-a-threat-to-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Iceland&#8217;s volcanoes pose a threat to the UK?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently gave a talk about the threat to the UK from Iceland&#8217;s volcanoes at the UK&#8217;s largest meeting of geography teachers, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geography.org.uk\/cpdevents\/annualconference\">GA Annual Conference<\/a>.\u00a0 The talk was kindly sponsored by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wjec.co.uk\/\">WJEC<\/a>, who filmed it and have posted the videos on YouTube.\u00a0 The full talk is around 45 minutes long and is split over 4 videos.\u00a0 This post brings them all to one place and provides links so that you can skip to topics of interest if you don&#8217;t have time to watch the whole thing.<\/p>\n<h3>Part 1 &#8211; Eyjafjallaj\u00f6kull 2010 and Gr\u00edmsv\u00f6tn 2011<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Do Iceland&#039;s volcanoes pose a threat to the UK? Part 1\/4\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lq5AqgV7XZw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=lq5AqgV7XZw#t=0m00s\" target=\"_blank\">Introduction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=lq5AqgV7XZw#t=3m29s\">Products of the 2010 Eyjafjallaj\u00f6kull eruption (what makes eruptions explosive?)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=lq5AqgV7XZw#t=7m43s\" target=\"_blank\">Eyjafjallj\u00f6kull disruption and deposits outside Iceland<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=lq5AqgV7XZw#t=10m33s\">Products of the 2011 Gr\u00edmsv\u00f6tn eruption (a powerful explosive basalt eruption)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Part 2 &#8211; Impacts of ash in the UK and on aviation<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Do Iceland&#039;s volcanoes pose a threat to the UK? Part 2\/4\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/auSBPvL8TuU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=auSBPvL8TuU#t=0m30s\" target=\"_blank\">Mapping Gr\u00edmsv\u00f6tn ash across the UK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=auSBPvL8TuU#t=2m39s\" target=\"_blank\">Citizen science sticky-tape sampling of ashfall in the UK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=auSBPvL8TuU#t=4m42s\" target=\"_blank\">A history of ash clouds and aviation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=auSBPvL8TuU#t=7m10s\" target=\"_blank\">Computer models of ash cloud dispersal<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Part 3 &#8211; Perception and reality<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Do Iceland&#039;s volcanoes pose a threat to the UK? Part 3\/4\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uJMZdie9pnc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=uJMZdie9pnc#t=0m30s\" target=\"_blank\">How often can we expect an eruption?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=uJMZdie9pnc#t=3m45s\" target=\"_blank\">Katla<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=uJMZdie9pnc#t=6m15s\" target=\"_blank\">Hekla<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=uJMZdie9pnc#t=10m36s\" target=\"_blank\">Volcanoes and climate<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Part 4 &#8211; Potential impacts of the largest eruptions<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Do Iceland&#039;s volcanoes pose a threat to the UK? Part 4\/4\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7cPstwZs7II?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=7cPstwZs7II#t=0m30s\" target=\"_blank\">The large explosive Hekla 3 and 4 eruptions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=7cPstwZs7II#t=3m45s\" target=\"_blank\">Mapping Hekla 3 and 4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=7cPstwZs7II#t=7m11s\" target=\"_blank\">Large magnitude fissure eruptions (Laki)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=7cPstwZs7II#t=11m52s\" target=\"_blank\">Effects in Europe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=7cPstwZs7II#t=15m45s\" target=\"_blank\">Summary<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Further reading<\/h3>\n<p>Much of the material in the talk has been covered in blog posts on this site.\u00a0 You can see a full list of them on the <a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/every-post-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\">Every Post Ever<\/a> page.\u00a0 Please bookmark the RSS feed if you want to keep up to date with the latest posts.\u00a0 You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/volcan01010\" target=\"_blank\">follow me on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently gave a talk about the threat to the UK from Iceland&#8217;s volcanoes at the UK&#8217;s largest meeting of geography teachers, the GA Annual Conference.\u00a0 The talk was kindly sponsored by WJEC, who filmed it and have posted the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/2014\/06\/do-icelands-volcanoes-pose-a-threat-to-the-uk\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1225"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1233,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225\/revisions\/1233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}