Category: Iceland

We may finally be able to journey to the centre of the Earth thanks to an ambitious new project which hopes to drill a giant tunnel deep into the centre of a volcano! The venture is underway and could risk sparking a huge eruption, scientists have warned. The international team of researchers is planning to […] Read More

On April 5, 2020, a powerful snow storm engulfed Iceland, especially the southern and western parts of the country. Consequently, the strong blizzard created large snowdrifts on the streets of settlements, roads and mountains, thus increasing the avalanche danger dramatically. On April 6, 2020, several large avalanches were recorded around the Suganda Fjord (Sugandafjörður). Latest […] Read More

North Atlantic is developing explosive storms, almost on a daily basis. Yet another very intense cyclone developed on January 9, 2020 and the beast is rapidly intensifying into an extra-tropical cyclone Bombogenesis. The polar stratospheric vortex is very intense these days and leads to numerous deep low-pressure areas/cyclones in the North Atlantic. Yesterday, a very large cyclone […] Read More