Iceland advises Japan on global energy
The issue of nuclear power generation in Japan has been a major talking point ever since the Fukushima power plant disaster, and now the East Asian na...
Europe’s biggest whale museum opens in Iceland
A new whale museum featuring real-to-life size models of the 23 species found in Iceland’s waters has opened in Reykjavik. The Whales of Iceland museu...
Summit held in Iceland to discuss darkness
Academics and artists from a number of northern countries met in Reykjavik on Friday to discuss the role of darkness in the region. The Dynamics of Da...
Attention-loving elk is front-page news in Norway
A selfie taken by a Norwegian skier with an elk staring at the lens in the background is the lead photo of the website of Norway’s largest selling new...
Finnish man tries to flog dead flying squirrel
A man in Finland has put a rare Siberian flying squirrel up for sale on a supermarket’s advertising board, although there is a slight problem – it is ...
Icelandic canyon carved by brutal floods
One of Iceland’s biggest canyons was created by three devastating floods that occurred thousands of years apart, geologists have learnt. The 280-kilom...
The volcanic eruption in Holuhraun continues
The following are the latest facts about the volcanic eruption in Holuhraun, put together from the Scientific Advisory Board of the Icelandic Civil Pr...
Greenland lakes beneath the ice disappear
Two huge lakes that used to lie beneath Greenland’s ice sheet have mysteriously disappeared and researchers have no idea what happened to them.