Iceland

Could scrambling the weather or sucking carbon out of the air help solve the climate crisis?

Technological solutions could be transformative in containing global temperatures and saving civilisation. But getting it wrong could exacerbate the crisis

Hundreds evacuated as volcano in Iceland erupts for fourth time in three months

The Svartsengi volcanic system awakened in November after almost 800 years

Garda search for evidence about missing Icelandic man ends in north Dublin

Santry Demense searched for several days after anonymous tip-off about missing father of four Jon Jonsson

New leads in mystery of missing Icelandic tourist

In the News podcast: Jon Jonsson vanished in Dublin in 2019

Jón Jónsson vanished after walking out of his Dublin hotel room. Now there may be hope of closure

Specialist search teams continued to examine part of a Santry park for clues to the missing man’s disappearance

Gardaí searching for missing Icelandic man focus in on part of Santry Demesne

Jon Jonsson (41) vanished in Dublin in 2019 after coming to play poker during a 10-day holiday

Gardaí search Dublin park for missing Icelandic man five years after disappearance

Jon Jonsson was 41 when he left north Dublin hotel and disappeared, with no confirmed sightings in intervening years

Iceland steams ahead in renewable energy stakes

Iceland Letter: Nordic country harnessed the potential of what lies underground

Iceland volcano eruption: houses on fire as lava hits fishing town

Town of Grindavík is evacuated after two fissures formed near the town on Sunday

Town evacuated as volcano erupts in southwest Iceland

Eruption began early on Sunday north of the town of Grindavik, which the previous day had been evacuated

Icelandic volcano appears to have died down, scientists say

Decreased lava flow has eased worries of a repeat of the international travel chaos caused by ash from another volcanic eruption in Iceland in 2010

Iceland volcano: Lava ‘flows away’ from town of Grindavik after eruption

Reykjanes volcano erupted late on Monday after weeks of intense seismic activity

Iceland plays down threat to aviation from imminent volcano eruption

An eruption is expected within days at a town in the southwest that has a 15km magma tunnel underneath

Risk of volcanic eruption in Iceland remains high despite decrease in seismic activity

Some 4,000 people evacuated as authorities feared molten rock would rise to surface and hit coastal town of Grindavik and power station

Iceland evacuates town over ‘considerable’ risk of volcanic eruption

Up to 3,000 residents ordered to leave area in southwest after series of earthquakes

Iceland pitches itself as a ‘digital suburb of Dublin’ in bid to secure data centre investments

A new €50 million submarine cable running from Iceland to Galway makes the Nordic island a “digital suburb of Dublin”

Icelandic women went on strike this week. Irish women should follow suit

David McWilliams: Irish woman still take home less pay than men and this is despite the fact that Irish women are better educated than Irish men

Women in Iceland including PM go on strike for equal pay and an end to violence

Katrin Jakobsdottir stays home as part of 'women’s day off' protest

Ireland has two classes: working-class and ‘notions’. In London, it’s far more subtle

British supermarkets mirror the nation’s class structure. Australia’s no-nonsense approach feels more like home

Iceland workers vent frustration in High Court over treatment

Metron Stores Limited placed into examinership earlier this year on insolvency grounds and being unable to pay debts of €36m

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