Tag: 19.04

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Set in Stone

From the Pandora’s box of catastrophes that climate change has unleashed, a carbon fixation technology developed in Iceland releases a glimmer of hope.

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Jelena Ćirić September 27, 2019

The Glaciological Society's spring trip to Grímsvötn on Vatnajökull glacier.

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For the Love of Glaciers

Iceland’s Glaciological Society has been conducting annual research trips to Vatnajökull glacier since the middle of last century. Now change is afoot.

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Golli September 25, 2019

Culture

Hildur Guðnadóttir talks about music as a physical process. Her classical training is a “trampoline to jump from,” while listening to doom metal is “like getting a full body massage.” Yet for the composer of HBO series Chernobyl and upcoming Hollywood film Joker, this physical approach doesn’t make the art any less intellectual. On the contrary, the body serves as a way into the complex characters and plots, and into the essence of the musician herself.

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Jelena Ćirić September 16, 2019

Culture

Looking the Part

There’s something about Ingvar E. Sigurðsson’s face that feels innately Icelandic.

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Gréta Sigríður Einarsdóttir August 26, 2019

Magazine

Is There Life on Mars?

An hour’s drive from Reykjavík, we enter a different world. Volcanic plains, basalt sand, deep craters, steep ridges. River channels carved out by glacial meltwater. And a space rover. Welcome to Mars.

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Jóhann Páll Ástvaldsson August 12, 2019

Culture

Needle Candy

Loji Höskuldsson’s playing field is the brown canvas of embroidery. Entering a traditional, almost archaic artform, he has wasted no time in breaking down its boundaries.

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Jóhann Páll Ástvaldsson August 4, 2019

In Focus

In Focus: Proposed Sugar Tax

In an effort to improve public health, the Icelandic government plans to impose a sugar tax of 20% on products such as candy, chocolate, and sweetened soft drinks.

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Jóhann Páll Ástvaldsson August 2, 2019

In Focus

In Focus: Asylum Seeker Deportations

The impending deportations of two Afghan families seeking asylum in Iceland have been heavily criticised in recent weeks. The families in question are the Sarwary and Safari families, who have been granted international protection status in Greece.

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Jóhann Páll Ástvaldsson August 2, 2019

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Tag: 19.04

Set in Stone

For the Love of Glaciers

Full-Bodied Sound

Looking the Part

Is There Life on Mars?

Needle Candy

In Focus: Proposed Sugar Tax

In Focus: Asylum Seeker Deportations

Inflation Dips Below 10%, Finance Minister Cautiously Optimistic

Activists Preparing to Intercept Icelandic Whaling Ships

Risk of Overdose Rises Following Closure of Iceland’s Only Safe Injection Site

New Westfjords Ferry Expected this Autumn

Risk of Further Avalanches in East Fjords

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