Not a blade of grass

...although the now bald pate of Iceland was once resplendent with grass and verdant willow, rowan and birch forests

Splendid isolation

The people of Iceland have been living in genetic isolation for the last 1,000 years. Now their government wants to sell their genes

Conservationists distort whaling body's raison d'etre

It took just five votes to shake the very edifice of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). Voting 25-20 in favour of setting up a …

Meltwater is hydro-fracking Greenland’s ice sheet through millions of hairline cracks — destabilising its internal structure

This is a tragedy in making for half a billion people populating vulnerable coastal regions

Alarming number of infections, deaths due to antimicrobial resistance across Europe: Report

Around 33,000 people died as a direct consequence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria infections

Researchers assess Iceland’s DNA

The study would go a long way in finding women at risk of developing breast cancer, according to the team

Japan leads opposition to establishing marine sanctuary for whales

Proposal for a sanctuary in the South Atlantic Ocean has been repeatedly submitted to the International Whaling Commission in recent years, but …

Warm cold relationship

Earth may have a 1,500-year temperature cycle that is governed by minor changes in the sunlight

Freelance charter

Social Media>> Constitution • Iceland

Go fishing

Polar meltdown

Iceberg breaks off from Antarctica's Ross Sea Ice Shelf

A new lease of life

Wikileaks>> Funds • Iceland

Arctic cod war hots up

Norway and Iceland have locked horns over the latter's right to fish in the Barents Sea

Icy eruption

Research a ruse?

What do we know about the thousands of tectonic quakes in Iceland?

The country witnessed 800 earthquakes in 14 hours; over 2,000 earthquakes in the last few days

What if Laki returns?

Scientists revisit one of the largest volcanic eruptions  

Futuristic ride

Purity pays

High on Hydrogen

Land of Fire and Ice: Will the Grindavik eruption in Iceland be another Eyjafjallajokull?

For now, the eruption does not present a threat to life, according to the Icelandic government  

On thin ice

Sweden blows hot and cold on Iceland's reinduction into whaling panel

Breaking out of the lethal loop

Iceland to become the first hydrogen economy, to do away with fossil fuels

Bad shot

Swine flu injection may raise sleep disorder risk

Iceland's hydrogen society