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1rks it kept erupting for more than a year. im joined now by tina neal with the u.s. geological survey, she joins us tonight from anchorage. thank you very much for being here. appreciate your time. >> happy to be here. >> does the giant size of the plume of ash from this particular volcano have anything to do with the fact that it is under a glacier? do we know what explains why the plume is so big? >> well, you are correct, the fact that this eruption occurred under an ice cap added to the exp...

Obama administration. this is light years better than what we were experiencing before in the past administration and how they handled these disasters. >> representative george miller, i want to thank you for your time tonight. i want to thank you for joining this issue and as you and i both know, all too frequently we have to hear political voices from outside of west virginia discussing this. >> i want to just say -- nick rahall from west virginia stood shoulder to shoulder with me on every on...

For the nearby earthquake to then erupt after one of these eruptions has occurred? >> you mean volcano? no, not necessarily. >> im sorry. volcano. im california-based here, so im obsessed. go ahead. >> there may be some common plumbing between katla and this volcano thats erupting now. but usually they operate fairly independent of each other. volcanos in general. >> again, is there anything you have that can tell us prekick tively what might happen in the united states in terms of volcanos we c...

Happened in living memory. airports in ireland, holland denmark, norway, sweden, belgium, france and germany have all canceled flights, making this the biggest disruption to air travel since 9/11 by far. this is the sec time in a month this particular volcano has erupted and the current eruption happened under a glacier. causing floodwaters that forced hundreds of icelanders to have to evacuate. one weird fact about this, though, even though iceland is right in the middle of all this, the erupti...

The head of the europe mass transit agency defended the shutdown. >> i cant say if its an overreaction or underreaction but everyone is working in the interest of safety. >> there are other potential long-term problems. experts worry about damage to the economy, respiratory health and school og the climate. but the immediate problem is getting planes in the air. a frustrated traveller in scotland had his own eruption. [ yelling ] >> reporter: experts say depend oggen the wind and activity, which...

Im joined now by tina neil, volcanologist, the u.s. geological survey, she joins us tonight from anchorage. thank you very much for being here. appreciate your time. >> happy to be here. >> does the giant size of the plume of ash from this particular volcano have anything to do with the fact that it is under a glacier? do we know what explains why the plume is so big? >> well, you are correct, the fact that this eruption occurred under an ice cap added to the explosivity of the event, so that di...

Out with snoop, now with willie nelson. one other story to tell you about. this volcanic eruption spreading ash all over europe. now some people across europe are holding the people of iceland accountable. i think youll enjoy this man in scottland blowing off a tv interview. >> you only found out when you got to the airport, you didnt know in your hotel. >> i hate iceland. >> many parties leaving at this time in the morning. >> i hate iceland. >> with the hooters sweatshirt on. you got to love i...

Winter for the next two or three years. and possibly crop failures, thats whats happened in the past. but its a little difficult to get, say -- to have a volcano up here in the far north affect southern hemisphere because of the global circulation. so its not likely to extend much beyond those latitudes. >> now, you watch 169 active volcanos in the united states. do you see any of them having a capacity like what were seeing today in iceland? >> oh, yeah. some of them much longer. catmy in 1912 ...

Said to change the climate at least for short periods of time. how do you know whether a volcano is going to cause long-term regional or even global effects? whats the most important thing to know whether it will be that severe? >> those eruptions were quite unusual, they were long-lived, went on for more than a year and erupted vol luminous quantities of ash. this is much, much smaller, than those eruptions. the most important parameter is really the duration of the eruption and how much lava a...

Volcano right here, and its making its way, following those upper level winds. so this is a problem for jet airplanes. kyra. theyre not taking any chances over parts of the uk, and im told now its getting into parts of western spain. its going to be an ongoing problem for aviation until that eruption begins to settle down just a little bit. >> i think weve got other video. is this the same one? oh, here we go, this is the other shot of the meteor shower in milwaukee. how was this captured? >> ma...