I'm buried knee-deep in lab work this week, so I don't know how much internet scouring I will be able to do for new news, however, I should have time for a mailbag column.
So, do you have a burning (no pun intended) volcano question you want answered? Email the question(s) to me and I will try to answer them in a mailbag column later this week.
Send the questions to:
(And while you're at it, if you have any volcano images you'd like to share, send them to the same email address!)
Volcan Llaima in Chile erupting in February 2008. Image courtesy of Eruptions reader Melissa Lowman.
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Will try to you answer strictly volcano questions only or also seismology ones related to volcanism?
I'm game for any and all questions. If I don't know the answer, I'll at least try to find someone who might!
The question I would like to pose to you and your readers is not so much volcano science but rather, volcano effects. Being a somewhat frequent traveller from Seattle to Japan, most recently just two days ago, I'd like to find out what is the most current source of information on commercial flight rescheduling due to airborne ash. The WAAC is great for providing the information on where the ash clouds are and where they are heading and the Flight Tracker link you provided last week is great for looking at specific flights in progress, but the airlines seem a bit opaque about up-to-date information on whether they are encountering delays and diversions. Are there some other sources travellers can check for current information?
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