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Warmer than usual Iceland nearly breaks cold record
The heat wave predicted to hit Iceland this weekend will almost certainly see temperatures rise above 20 degrees for the first time this year. It was in 1979, or exactly 30 years ago, that the...
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Europeans Not Always White Claim Scientists
According to scientists in Oslo, the English may have only grown to develop pale skin in the past 5,500 years. A sudden change of diet around this time, attributed to the move away from...
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Health warnings issued in Finland as heatwave continues
Doctors in Finland are advising people to avoid dehydration as temperatures hit record highs in the Nordic country. As the heatwave currently cooking Europe shows little sign of easing up, health...
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Large electromagnetic storm hits Nordic region
The electromagnetic storm which hit the upper atmosphere over Iceland, Scandinavia, Greenland and North America this week was the biggest since December 2006. Astronomer Thorsteinn Saemundsson said...
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Iceland experiencing September heat wave
Temperature records continue to be broken in Iceland in the current heat wave. Saturday was the warmest day of the whole year so far – which is scarcely believable in the month of September. The...
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Icelandic pagans celebrate Yule today
Today is the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, and also Yule — one of the most important dates on the Asatru Pagan calendar. The sun is at its lowest point today and no other day of the year...
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Moon ‘drew Greenland icebergs to the Titanic’
The sinking of the Titanic a century ago could have been the result of the Moon moving unusually close to the Earth, causing Greenland icebergs to drift into shipping lanes, scientists claim. Donald...
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The Living in Copenhagen Diary entry number five: Dejlig dag
The fifth in a series of light-hearted columns about life as a foreigner living in the Danish capital. Written for IceNews by Simon Cooper I saw something a few days ago which I hadn’t seen for about...
View ArticleScandinavians losing out on vitamin D
A new study released by both American and Norwegian scientists claims that the physical benefits of being exposed to a little sunlight outweigh the negative risks of overexposure, particularly for...
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Melting Finnish ice cave bodes ill for climate change
In an alarming sign that global warming is an immediate and present reality, an ancient ice cave located at Lake Inari has melted this year for the first time in living memory. The cave, located on...
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Sweden’s ozone layer baffling scientists
The ozone layer above Sweden was much denser this February than usual following years of dire warnings of dangerously low levels in the stratosphere. Just one year after recording the second-thinnest...
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