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  • UK: Met Office's Laki volcano impacts study due soon

    Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27239321


    1 May 2014 Last updated at 10:37 ET
    Met Office's Laki volcano impacts study due soon
    By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News, Vienna

    The UK Met Office aims to deliver its report in June on the consequences of a future Laki-style eruption.

    The Icelandic volcano caused widespread disruption and death on the island, in Britain, across Europe, and beyond when it let rip in 1783.

    Ministers want the UK to be prepared and resilient should an event of similar magnitude ever occur again.

    To that end, the Met Office has been asked to model where the gases from such an eruption might travel...
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