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Wed Apr 10, 2013, 08:51 AM Apr 2013

Iceland volcano ash cloud triggers plankton bloom

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22045941


The eruption grounded thousands of flights across Europe over a five-week period in 2010

The 2010 Icelandic volcanic eruption, which disrupted European flights, also had a "significant but short-lived" impact on ocean life, a study shows.

Ash from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano deposited dissolved iron into the North Atlantic, triggering a plankton bloom.

The authors said it was good fortune they were at sea at the time as it provided a unique opportunity to sample the ocean during a volcanic eruption.

The findings appear in the Geophysical Research Letters journal.
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