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Grapevine Events: Glacier Generations, Spacestation Release Show & More
If you’re ready to hit the weekend running, we’ve got some suggestions for you: The University of Iceland’s Intelligent Instruments Lab will be celebrating its 100th Open Lab at 12 Tónar at 18:00. La Dimensión at RVK Tónabíó will bring a night…
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Video Premiere: “Serious Damage” By Sin Fang
Long-standing friend of the Grapevine and indie sadboy gone composer Sin Fang is out with a new video. Releasing the soundscape-heavy ambient album Vatnajökull in 2022, Sin Fang unveils a brand new video from the album today — premiered right here. Directed…
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Glacier Retreat May Triple Magma Formation
An international group of scientists is researching the impact of climate change and glacier retreat on seismic activity and volcanic eruptions in Iceland. One hypothesis suggests that up to three times more magma is forming beneath the surface due to glacier retreat…
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Disappearing In Plain View: A Documentary Captures Glacial Decline
In a State of Change provides much-needed food for thought “Sorry, that it made you feel sad,” says director Donal Boyd through my laptop screen one Monday morning. After seeing In a State of Change, a documentary co-directed by Donal and Frank…
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Glaciers Are Only Going To Be Around For A Few More Decades
Guðfinna Th. Aðalgeirsdóttir, a glaciologist, believes that if things continue as they are, Snæfellsjökull will disappear completely in the next few decades, Vísir reports. According to Guðfinna, all glaciers will disappear in the coming decades, but it is still possible to slow…
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Ask An Expert: How Are Ice Caves Formed?
Ice caves are a popular winter tourist attraction here in Iceland, with visitors travelling from far a wide to witness the other-worldy beauty of these incredible natural structures. Grapevine journalists even had a chance to visit one themselves for this issue. But…
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RVK Newscast 161: Ice Cave Wedding
Welcome to an extra-special episode of RVK Newscast, coming to you today from inside an ice cave in Langjökull glacier! Editor-in-chief Valur Grettisson visited the ice cave to discuss the latest in Icelandic news… as well as attend a wedding! Alda Music,…
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Unlikely That Icelandic Glaciers Could Be Saved
According to a geologist Oddur Sigurðsson, it is unlikely that Icelandic glaciers could be saved. He emphasises the importance of recording the history of the glaciers, so the story of them is not lost as well, reports RÚV. On the report of…
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Flooding Continuing In The Southeast, Will Likely Reach National Highway
The flooding which began in Skaftá last Wednesday has not abetted, but has in fact risen to levels that make it very likely that it will reach the Route 1 national highway, new updates from the Icelandic Meteorological Office report. GPS measurements…
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What ‘Code Red’ Global Warming Means For Iceland
Iceland is home to one of the largest glaciers in Europe, the eminent Vatnajökull. Covering roughly 8% of the country’s landmass, it’s also becoming a startling example of global warming in the North. A newly published report from the United Nations Intergovernmental…
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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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Life In Pictures: A Glacier Hike On Skaftafellsjökull
As we researched the feature for this glacier issue, getting onto the ice to experience it first hand seemed like a must. We drove down to Skaftafell on our way to interview Einar Öræfingur, and stopped off to take a hike onto…
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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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Feminist Glaciology: M Jackson On Ice, Climate, Culture & Gender
It seems safe to say that much of the literature around glaciers and climate change can be a little dry—no pun intended. Scientific texts on mass balance, false ogives, ground lines, dendrochronology and the cryosphere can be a little heavy for the…
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The Frozen Wave: Warm Welcomes & Cold Glaciers In Borgarfjörður
“Drive past Reykholt and continue to a farm called Stóri Ás,” read the directions to Borgarfjörður’s Lava Lodge. “Cross the bridge, turn right, and continue for eight kilometres until you see a yellow and red fire hydrant.” And so it is that,…
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Ask A Glaciologist: Are Glaciers Melting Too Fast In Iceland?
One of the arguments that the global warming deniers can’t really argue with is the grim reality of the melting of the glaciers. I asked professor Guðfinna Aðalgeirsdóttir from the Faculty of Earth Sciences at Háskóli Íslands to tell me more about…
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Over Blue Ice: A Day Spent Hiking And Climbing On Sólheimajökull Glacier
Gripping my axes tightly, I kick the ice as hard as I can, until the spike on my boot finally pierces the wall. I do the same with my other foot, but it skims the surface and I lose my balance, dangling…
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Volcano Watch: A Closer Look At Katla
Hvolsvöllur is a sleepy village in south Iceland, between Hella and Seljalandsfoss. It’s a somewhat forgettable, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it settlement of just a few small hangars and stores, a bank, and a handful houses, all whipped by dust from the steady tourist traffic of…
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Of Ice And Men: Powering Through Þórsmörk
Super jeeps are a common sight in Iceland. These monstruous souped-up all-terrain vehicles sit dotted around the parking spaces of downtown, sticking out above the normal road cars and jutting across the kerbs. They’re a heavy-duty breed of 4x4s that have been…
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Glaciers Melting At Alarming Rate
Iceland’s glaciers have retreated by 500 square kilometres since the turn of the century, and are continuing to melt. RÚV reports furthermore that the glaciers are shrinking by about 40 square kilometres – an area almost roughly the size of Reykjavík –…
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Iceland Will Be Glacier-Free In 200 Years
Iceland’s glaciers are disappearing at a troubling rate, and the country could be devoid of glaciers in as little as 200 years. Glaciologist Oddur Sigurðsson told attendees of a meeting of The Iceland Touring Association last night that Iceland’s glaciers have been…
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Glacial Flooding Has Begun
Glacial flooding has begun from the Eystri Skaftárketill caldera in the Vatnajökull glacier, and is expected to reach populated areas in the region by Thursday. The Icelandic Met Office has been keeping tabs on the caldera, RÚV reports, and have noticed that…
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Iceland Glacier-Free After 100 Years?
A professor of environmental sciences believes that if glacial-shrinking trends continue, Iceland could be completely ice-free after as soon as 100 years. The sixth episode of The Weather Channel’s “Destination Unchartered” series focuses specifically on Iceland. The episode goes into detail about…