Glaciers in science, art and pictures
"Glaciers in science, art and pictures" is a caption of new photo shows, which will be opened on Friday, January 26th, at Háskólatorg, in...
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IMO
Jan 31, 2018
Earthquakes: Week overview 22 January - 28 January
About 400 earthquakes were detected by the IMO's SIL seismic network, a bit more than the last week. Most activity was in N-Iceland. An...
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IMO
Jan 24, 2018
Earthquakes: Week overview 15 January - 21 January
Around 300 earthquakes were detected last week by the SIL seismic network at the Icelandic Meteorological Office. The largest earthquakes...
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IMO
Jan 23, 2018
Final estimates of the emissions from the Holuhraun eruption based on ground-based measurements
A new paper published lastweek in Geosciences reports that the Holuhraun eruption released the most SO2 (sulfur dioxide) of any effusive...
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Icevolcan
Jan 21, 2018
New LANDSAT-8 satellite image of SW Vatnajökull (Öræfi) by NASA & USGS
New LANDSAT-8 satellite image from SW Vatnajökull (Öræfi) by NASA & USGS. Visible volcanic centres are Grimsvötn, Öræfajökull and...
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Icevolcan
Jan 20, 2018
New LANDSAT-8 satellite image (NASA & USGS) of Öræfajökull
Comparison of LANDSAT-8 images from 20.01.2018 and 10.12.2017 indicates little changes to the cauldron in the top caldera of Öræfajökull...
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Icevolcan
Jan 19, 2018
Þorrablót (Icelandic mid-winter festival) time again...shark or testicles anyone ?
Today is the legendary Friday the first day of “Þorri,” also known as “Bóndadagur” (Farmer's day). Today the meaning of Bóndadagur is...
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Iceland Monitor
Jan 18, 2018
A 3.2 earthquake in Öræfajökull last night
An earthquake measuring 3.2 occurred at 02:14 AM in the North Eastern part of Öræfajökull volcano. There are no signs of an eruption...
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University of Iceland
Jan 17, 2018
Dove, the little satellite
This is Dove, the little satellite everyone is talking about. Only four kilograms, 30 cm long and 10 cm width. See it for yourself....
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IMO
Jan 16, 2018
Earthquakes: Week overview 8 January - 14 January
Around 220 earthquakes were detected last week by the SIL seismic network at the Icelandic Meteorological Office. The largest earthquake...
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Icelandic Meteorological Office
Jan 13, 2018
A new book about the impact of the Holuhraun eruption on environment and health
The publication of the Holuhraun eruption's impact on the environment and health was recently published in the series of the Icelandic...
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IMO
Jan 10, 2018
Earthquakes: Week overview 1 January - 7 January
Around 518 earthquakes were located by the IMO's SIL seismic network this week, around 100 more than in the week before. No earthquakes...
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Icevolcan
Jan 7, 2018
New photos of the ice cauldron in Öræfajökull
Awaiting a new scientific fly-over, already some new pictures are published from a commercial flight. That tiny dot in the middle is the...
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Icevolcan
Jan 5, 2018
Scientists to remeasure Öræfajökull cauldron
Scientists are planning a flight over Öræfajökull volcano in southeast Iceland in order to take another measurement of the cauldron that...
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IMO
Jan 2, 2018
Earthquakes: Week overview 25 December - 31 December
Around 420 earthquakes were located by the IMO's SIL seismic network this week, around 100 more than in the week before. No earthquakes...
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IMO
Dec 26, 2017
Earthquakes: Week overview 18 December - 24 December
This week, around 350 earthquakes were measured by the SIL-system of the Icelandic Met Office. This is similar to last week, but...
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IMO
Dec 22, 2017
Monitoring Öræfajökull – update 22. Dec. 2017 by IMO
...When considering all these data together, the interpretation is that the activity in Öræfajökull has been fairly stable over the last...
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IMO
Dec 20, 2017
Bárðarbunga ruffling its feathers again...
Today (Des. 20th) at 04:57 a M3.7 earthquake was detected in the northern part of the Bárðarbunga caldera and another M4.3 earthquake...
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Icevolcan
Dec 18, 2017
Earthquakes: Week overview 11 December - 17 December
Over 300 earthquakes were detected by the IMO's seismic network in this week, considerably fewer than in the previous week when around...
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Icevolcan
Dec 18, 2017
Webcam added: Live View from Skaftafell
Webcam added: Live View from Skaftafell, see: https://icevolcan.wixsite.com/oraefajokull/webcams #webcam #Skaftafell #Oraefajokull...
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