1. The ashpocalypse: what effect did the Eyjafjallajökull eruption have on the rest of the world?

2. Play
Volcano Refugees

3. Describe the general direction of the ash cloud
Map (left) Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland

4. Play animation
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5. Jeff Skoll’s volcano poem
This is an ode to the volcano That sent our travel plans into the draino I’m not really one to complaino But this all hurts my little braino Madrid, Casablanca, Amsterdam, Rejkavik on cruiseships The trains will fail All the escape routes that we planned Are blocked by nature or by man We heard the French trains may soon be striking At this rate we’ll all be biking With our luck we’ll all be struck by lightning! This is all rather frightening So better we all meet at TED That is what I should have said So thank you June and thank you all Damn the volcano, let’s have a ball
Presented at TEDXVolcano, London, 4/19/2010