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(How) Are Birds Affected by Volcanic Ash?

grrlscientist | April 20, 2010

tags: EyjafjallajÃ¶kull, volcanic particulate material, ash clouds, airborne-particle deposition, respiratory physiology, respiratory toxicology, medicine, veterinary medicine, birds, avian health, bioassay, anatomy, researchblogging.org,peer-reviewed research, journal club Figure 1: The eruption of EyjafjallajÃ¶kull, photographed by a farmer in Iceland. This eruption sent massive billowing clouds of volcanic ash several miles into the atmosphere. Image: Ãlafur Eggertsson (Newscom/Zuma) [larger view] April is the peak month of spring migration for millions of birds, so the ongoing…

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