NUI Galway is being given funding for research on ash clouds.
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More than 100-thousand flights in Europe were disrupted when an Icelandic volcano erupted in 2010.
Researchers at NUIG have secured 2-point-1 million euro from the European Space Agency to examine the issue.
NUIG spokesperson, Professor Colin O’Dowd, hopes this research will prevent ‘knee-jerk, flight cancellations’ across the board in the future.
