Antarctic volcanoes: A remote but significant hazard

• Main Authors: Geyer, Adelina, Marti, Alejandro, Folch, Arnau, Giralt, Santiago
• Other Authors: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: European Geosciences Union 2017
• Subjects: Antarctica; volcano; Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/162118; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003329

Ash emitted during explosive volcanic eruptions may disperse over vast areas of the globe posing a threat to human health and infrastructures and causing enormous disruption to air traffic.In Antarctica, no attention has been paid to the potential socio-economic and environmental consequences of an ash-forming eruption occurring at high southern latitudes. We show here how ash from Antarctic volcanoes may pose a threat higher than previously believed, volcanic ash could potentially encircle the globe, leading to significant consequences to global aviation safety. A.G. thanks the support provided by the Ramón y Cajal research program (RYC-2012- 11024). This research was partially funded by the MINECO grants VOLCLIMA (CGL2015-72629-EXP) and POSVOLDEC(CTM2016-79617-P)(AEI/FEDER-UE). Peer Reviewed