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1. Is it safe to travel this summer to Greece ?
It is not considered to be a high risk country or travellers. There are currently no government travel advisories for Greece. Tourists to Greece are advised to monitor the local media and follow the advice of local authorities at all times during their stay. In the case of any problems contact your countries Embassy for advice as soon as possible.
They depend very much on tourists and they count on the dollars they bring to the Greek economy, especially now when the country is in such a deep financial mess.
There are risks wherever you travel but Greece is definitely safe on the whole. Just be a smart tourist and don't get yourself into any dangerous situations.
I just wanted to tell you not to be afraid to visit Athens, the only thing you should be aware of is whether there is a planned protest in the centre of Athens to avoid to go there (but even if that happens, that day you could always visit a town further that the center, Glyfada or Vouliagmeni in the south has nice beaches, Kifisia, Penteli at the north side is really nice and nothing ever happens there, it's pretty safe). I would be more worried about the strikes,so I would recommend for you to book your trip to Delfi with a travel agency so that you won't have any issues with that! Delfi is not so far from Athens, and it shouldn't cost much.

2. Why Volcanic Ash is Dangerous for Air Travel ?
Some of the major reasons why volcanic ash is so hazardous to flying:
- Volcanic ash is razor-sharp debris from an active volcano. Jet engines can suck in volcanic ash and it can severely stall or shut down an engine. There are instances in the past where this occurred, and planes can simply plummet.
- The debris can interfere with sensors that indicate if the fuel system is too hot or cold. In the case of volcanic ash, it seems that it leaves sensors indicating an aircraft is too cool, and will cause overheating.
- Clouds of volcanic ash can act similar to a sand storm, and be blinding for the pilots.
- Weather radar cannot pick up volcanic ash as the particles are so fine, so it makes it exceedingly difficult to avoid in the air.

3. How will the Icelandic volcano affect the weather this summer ?
The vast plume of material spewing from this week's eruption of an Icelandic volcano is reddening sunsets and clouding skies across Europe. If the eruptions continue and get bigger — a possibility given the explosive history of Iceland's volcanoes — even the global climate could be affected. But the current eruption is too wimpy to have any significant impact, scientists say.
The eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano may be treating European sky watchers to spectacular sunsets and hampering air travel due to the ash and gas it has spewed into the atmosphere. But "there will be no effect on climate," said Alan Robock of Rutgers University, who studies the effects of volcanic eruptions on climate.
The potential for Eyjafjallajökull to impact the Earth's climate is still there, however, if it begins to erupt more violently. "If it has another eruption in the future, it could have an impact," Robock said. When volcanoes erupt, they funnel ash, debris and gases into the atmosphere. One of these gases, sulfur dioxide, can react in the atmosphere to form sulfate aerosols, which are tiny particles suspended in the air. These aerosols can scatter the incoming rays of sunlight, not only producing colorful sunsets, but also changing the amount of solar radiation that reaches the Earth's surface, and therefore potentially altering global temperatures.

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