1.6 - A Global Stand Still

Question 1

Eyjafjallajokull (2010)

Answer 1

4 on VEI
200m under glacial ice - rapidly vaporising water
Rapid lava cooling - cloud of highly abrasive glass rich ash
Coincided with unusually stable jet stream

Question 2

Economic impact

Answer 2

European economy - $5bn - cancelled flights
African economy - $65mil
Airlines - $1.1bn
Kenya - $2mil - flower industry affected
Asia - clothes, jewellery, automobile industries affected

Question 3

Social impacts

Answer 3

Cancelled events (Coachella/MotoGP) - knock on effects for vendors, deliveries
Cancelled sports, music, art, political events