New silicon factory in Helguvik spewing smoke over neighboring town
The Environment Agency of Iceland has received numerous points and complaints about both smoke and burning smell from the Silicon metal factory in Hel...
STORM WARNING TODAY
The Icelandic Met Office warns of a storm today with northern winds 15 – 23 m/s (meters per second) on average and gales are expected to be much stron...
King Winter has affirmed his arrival – with the moody northern winds
Ask Icelandic people if they’re freezing, they have to think about it a bit… “Its not so much the temperature” they’ll say, “It’s the diversity and mo...
An outreach to help the eider duck (Video)
The beloved sea duck, the eider duck, that lives in the north Atlantic ocean, and breads on the northern cost of Europe and North America and the Nort...
Hurricane Nicole’s tail hitting Iceland today – Domestic flights on hold
UPDATE: The wind is set to pick up even more now at 6pm with south and southwest winds, reaching a peak tonight. People are advised to pick up their c...
Gamer Alert – Big Jam is on and there are some Icelandic minds in the game (links to games)
Five games from Icelandic origin are competing in the BGJAM competition about the best GameBoy theme game according to a report on Visir. Direct links...
UPDATE: Katla is quiet, according to assessments
Katla volcano seems to be going back to sleep under the icecap of Myrdalsjokull according to the civil protection department. The roads neighbouring t...
Katla volcano calm over the weekend – Crisis Coordination Centre to meet again today
Although a few small tremors continued to stir and the roads around the area remain closed, Katla volcano was relatively calm over the weekend.