Earthly Powers  

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Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 395 no. 8679 (Apr. 2010), page 9-10.
Topik: Volcano; Earth; Atmosphere; Globalised World; Climate Change

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Disasters are about people and planning, not nature’s pomp. IT IS a peculiar, if blessed, sort of natural disaster in which nobody dies. The Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull produced a thrilling show—and may continue to do so—but did most of its damage simply by shutting down air traffic in and out of large parts of Europe for nearly a week. Rather than bereavement, it brought the eeriness, and sometimes the joy, of displacement. Colleagues were absent from their desks, and teachers and pupils from their classrooms; the clear blue skies were bereft of the silver needles that sew the world together. Birdsong made loud the silence of the jets, florists’ vases missed the bright blooms of far-off fields, and far-off farmers missed the cash those blooms would have brought. But, this time, almost all that went missing will be returned.

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