Get used to ash-carrying weather

摘要

A blockage caused by a pile-up is compounding the atmospheric chaos caused by Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano. And although trolls have yet to be blamed for this disruption, a modern-day bogeyman - climate change - has been.rnAsh-laden Arctic air is blowing over Europe because the prevailing westerly winds have been "blocked" by a high-pressure weather system. We'd better get used to it: solar variability and climate change means such blockages may become more common.