Eyjafjallajokull eruption - local and global imlacts

What social impacts may arise from an eruption?

Homes being destroyed and people needing to evacuate.

What environmental Impacts may arise?

Lava flows can block roads, and pyroclastjc flows can destroy environments such as trees.

what economic impacts arose?

Ash cloud disrupt flights.

What political impacts arose?

Conflict over aid.

When was this eruption?

14th April 2010.

What impact did the eruption have on sunlight?

Limited sunlight, day turned into night.

What happened to glaciers and ice due to the eruption?

Melted water in ice cap caused flooding.

Glacial water entered the river nearby.

What was the impact of ash from this eruption like?

Ash allowed grass to grow quickly, benefiting farmers.

Were 230 million cubic metres of ash produced.

How many fatalities were there?

No fatalities.

What impact did the eruption have on tourism?

It is now their biggest industry, estimated 1.7 million people in a year. This has grown since the eruption.

How many people were evacuated from the danger zone?

Just over 700 people.

What impacts did this have on communication and transport?

It was disrupted which limited access for people travelling to capital Reyjavik and cost country £12 million to reconstruct.

Globally, what was its most significant impact?

Flights and freight transport were cancelled.

48% of all air traffic grounded for 8 days across Europe, as the web cloud was judged to be unsafe for the aircraft.

Globally, how were industries affected?

Following the just in time inventory strategy, many industries affected by lack of imported parts and raw materials, this included Nissan in the UK and Apple in Japan.

Nissan halted production of