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Iceland Declared Top Post-Apocalyptic Travel Destination
Surprising no-one, a recent study has named Iceland as a promising location to ride out the collapse of modern society. The study, published in the journal Sustainability, singled out nations like New Zealand, Iceland, Ireland, and Australia as “nodes of persisting complexity.”…
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US Secretary of State Meets with Leaders Today
The US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, arrived in Iceland yesterday to attend the Arctic Council meeting on Thursday, reported RÚV. The Arctic Council and Russia as its leader This morning, Blinken is attending a joint press conference with Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarsson,…
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Ask A Scientist: What Effect Will Rising Sea Levels Have On Iceland?
Global warming is on everyone’s minds; summers are getting hotter, glaciers are melting and greenhouse gases are filling the skies with smog. Living on a rock in the North Atlantic makes you feel relatively untouchable by the chaos across the world but…
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Emissions From Icelanders Are Twice As Much As Swedes
Iceland’s greenhouse gas emissions were twice as high per capita as Sweden this year, Stundin reports. The greenhouse gas emissions would be five times higher if it wasn’t for renewable energy. This was stated by Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson, Minister of the Environment…
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Icelandic Glacial Shrinkage Amongst Highest In The World
Vísir has reported that over the last 130 years, the Icelandic glaciers have lost an average of four billion tonnes of ice per year. One of the largest causes of this glacial shrinkage is man-made climate change. Other causes include the Gjálp…
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EU Awards Grant To Climate Change Project In Iceland
The EU has awarded a grant of 700 million ISK to a new climate change research project, in which the Agricultural University of Iceland participates, RUV reports. The project, entitled Future Arctic, provides insight into how the grasslands and forests of Iceland…
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Icelandic Government Promises “Ambitious” 35% Emissions Cut By 2030
The Icelandic government announced 15 new additions to the Climate Action Plan yesterday, pledging to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 35% by 2030. The current climate action plan consists of 48 policies and is set to cost the government 46 billion ISK…
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Council’s New Green Plan Aims For A Carbon-Neutral Reykjavík
Environmentalists’ dreams of a carbon-neutral Reykjavík are one step closer to reality with the introduction of a “green plan” for the city. Sustainability is set to be the guiding concern for the council’s financial and infrastructural decisions in the wake of the…
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Take Climate Change As Seriously As COVID-19 – Landvernd Survey Results
Around 61% of Icelanders believe the Icelandic authorities should respond to the climate crisis with the same urgency as it reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic according to a survey carried out by Landvernd, the Icelandic Environmental Association. Landvernd posed the statement “the…
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Icelandic Government Makes Tentative Environmental Policy Progress
The Icelandic Government has revealed several new environmental policies and proposals recently, including fresh funds for projects tackling climate change and a bid to ban certain single-use products. Although the measures are by no means radical, they suggest that environmental concerns may…
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Alarmingly High Levels Of Glacier Decline Recorded In Iceland Last Year
Last year was one of the worst on record for glacial decline in Iceland according to the Icelandic Meteorological Office. Warm, sunny weather caused Iceland’s glacier mass to fall by approximately 1.5m of water, which is the “highest [change in mass balance]…
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Black Friday Preceded By Inflation Thursday
Every year, at the end of November, shopping centres all over the world are flooded with sale signs and desperate masses of people for “Black Friday”, the yearly oath to consumerism. The Icelandic Consumers Association contends that maybe those massive discounts are…
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Reykjavík Strikes Back: Iceland And The Climate Strike
Millions of people across the planet have taken to the streets calling for urgent action on the climate crisis. The student climate strikes led by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg encouraged people of all ages to join them by walking out of…
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Reducing Meat In Reykjavik’s Primary Schools Hot Topic In City Council
The City Council majority is open to the idea of reducing meat and other animal products in Reykjavík primary schools, but the opposition is reluctant, if not resistant, to the idea. The Icelandic Vegan Society recently sent out a statement encouraging the…
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Ask A Physical Chemist: Will Long-Term Climate Change Affect The Northern Lights?
Will long-term climate change affect the Northern Lights? We went straight to Dr. Helgi Rafn Hróðmarsson, a.k.a. The Cosmic Chemist, to find out. Short answer: “No…Wait! Maybe.” This will depend on what we call “long-term.” Humanity might not be around in a…
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90% Of Iceland’s Animal Species May Be Wiped Out In 50 Years
Climate change will do more to Iceland than just melting the glaciers, a new report details; it will also drastically reduce biodiversity on the island. Fréttablaðið reports that this is a part of a larger global threat, as millions of species globally…
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Skaftafellsjökull Melting By About 50 To 100 Metres Per Year
The iconic Icelandic glacier is continuining its rapid retreat, and shows no sign of slowing, as a series of annually taken photographs depicts starkly. Guðmundur Ögmundsson, who has been monitoring Skaftafellsjökull for the past eight years now, added two new photos to…
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Iceland’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Increase
Greenhouse gas emissions in Iceland rose by 2.2% between 2016 and 2017, and are up by 85% from 1990 levels, a new report from the Environment Agency of Iceland (UST) details. As RÚV reports, greenhouse gases in Iceland actually began to decrease…
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VIDEO: Icelandic Children Protest Against Climate Change
An estimated 250 children gathered in front of Iceland’s Parliament today, demanding more radical action be taken to combat climate change. The event was a lively affair, and understandably so—Iceland’s particular vulnerability to climate change extends from the possibility of a dying…
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Iceland Thaws: The Glaciers Are Melting – What Does It Mean For Iceland?
The Okjökull glacier died in 2014. It wasn’t the first Icelandic glacier to pass away. Some estimates say that up to ten named bodies of ice have previously expired, along with countless more that were unnamed. But Okjökull was the biggest, so…
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Weathering The Climate: Economic Challenges In The Era Of Global Warming
Iceland’s weather over the last year has been strange, to put it mildly. It has essentially been one long season—winter—with 2018 being the cloudiest and wettest on record. These odd conditions and an alarming report from the United Nations’ InterGovernmental Panel on…
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Soda Machines And Mass Mail Restrictions: Iceland’s Parliament Responds To Climate Change
Installing a soda machine in the Parliament cafeteria has reduced the number of plastic bottles the legislature uses, the Environment Agency of Iceland says. Restrictions and regulations on mass mailings have also reduced plastic use. Last October, Iceland’s Parliament became a participant…
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Most Icelanders Concerned About The Consequences Of Climate Change
A new Gallup poll shows that the majority of Icelanders are worried about the effects of climate change, and that concern is growing, Fréttablaðið reports. The poll asked respondents if they were worried about the effects climate change could have on them…