A new algorithm could help protect planes from damaging volcanic ash
The technology could keep planes away from the engine-destroying particles
![an aerial image of a volcanic ash cloud from Sarychev Peak in Russia](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/112018_jl_volcanic_feat_free.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
CLOUDY SKIES Volcanic ash clouds, such as this one erupting from Sarychev Peak in Russia’s remote Kuril Islands, consist of tiny particles that stick together and potentially gum up the engines of airplanes that fly through them.
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