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September 22, 2024

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That is the area of Iceland that is covered by ice... and it is shrinking...

Image: detail of Solheimajökull glacier, Alan Parkinson - shared on Flickr under CC license

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Hellisheidi and Carbon Capture

I popped into Hellisheidi with a group that I visited Iceland with a month or so ago. It's Iceland's largest geothermal plant, but it has also introduced some technology for carbon capture, which provides an additional reason for visiting perhaps, so that can be discussed with students. BBC News article from 2018

Oct 15: Learning Icelandic

It seems there is a demand for people to learn Icelandic, but fewer opportunities for them to do that, according to this Iceland Review piece. Image: Alan Parkinson, shared under CC license

Blue Lagoon closure

There have been a number of eruptions on the Reykjanes Peninsula over the last few years. The latest looked like it may be about to begin, but there has been some reduction in activity. A swarm of earthquakes has led to the closure of the Blue Lagoon for a week at least, and the evacuation of the town of Grindavik which, with a population of just over 3000 people. These were large enough to bring down some rocks on the approach road. Two earthquakes, one of magnitude 3.4 and another of 3.0, rattled the Reykjanes Peninsula last night, amidst a series of around 400 tremors. https://t.co/K1FXW4wrWI — @Iceland_Review (@Iceland_Review) November 8, 2023 I've been fortunate to visit the Fagradasfjall lavas from an earlier eruption. Image: Fagradasfjall lavas - Alan Parkinson - shared under CC license

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