Latest news on Bárðarbunga volcano in Iceland
Scientists from the Icelandic Earth Science Institute, the Icelandic Meteorological Office and representatives from the Department of Civil Protection...
Icelandic Civil Protection Scientific Advisory Board discuss Bárðarbunga volcano
Scientists from the Icelandic Meteorological Office and the Institute of Earth Sciences, together with representatives of the Civil Protection in Icel...
National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police follows up on Bárðarbunga volcano status
The National Crisis Coordination Centre in Skógarhlíð has been in operation since it was decided to close the highland area due to seismic activity in...
Earthquakes persist in Iceland’s largest volcano
The Civil Protection and Emergency Management of Iceland has elevated the Aviation colour codes of the Bárðarbunga area from Yellow to Orange which re...
Intense seismic activity in Iceland’s Bárdarbunga volcano
Seismic activity in Bárðarbunga, a large sub-glacial volcano in Iceland, has increased. A seismic swarm has been ongoing since 3AM this morning, and n...
Icelandic entrepreneurs turn insects into energy bars
Two young entrepreneurs from Iceland, Búi Bjarmar Aðalsteinsson and Stefán Atli Thoroddsen, have started their own business, making energy bars made w...
Iceland resumes whale hunt
Iceland whalers have resumed their whale hunt, with an endangered fin whale becoming the first kill of the hunting season.
Icelandic government official hits back at US over whaling controversy
Icelandic Finance Minister Bjarni Benediktsson has hit back at the US’s criticism of his country’s whaling by claiming it had no right to comment when...