The first of four strikes by airport personnel in Iceland on April 8 will affect 38 Icelandair flights to and from Iceland and 5,000 passengers, according to Guðjón Arngrímsson, spokesperson for the airline.
An den Bohrlöchern des Hellisheidivirkjun auf dem Hochlandpass Hellisheidi vor den Toren von Reykjavík wird derzeit Wasser in die Bohrlöcher gepumpt.
The introduction of the quota system in Icelandic fisheries in the 1980s has resulted in consolidation in the fishing industry. Today the ten largest companies hold over 50 percent of the quota.
The fishing town of Höfn in Hornafjörður, Southeast Iceland, has risen 15 cm (6 inches) since 1997. According to Halldór Björnsson, head of climate research at the Icelandic Met Office, the rise is due to glacial uplift as a result of the glacier melt.
Der Historiker Guðmundur Magnússon schrieb im heutigen Morgunblaðið einen interessanten Artikel über die Besitzverhältnisse am Geysir.
Prime Minister of Iceland Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson said in an interview with RÚV earlier this week that although climate change has serious negative impacts for the world overall, it may create opportunities for Icelanders through food production and exports.
