The plant life in east Iceland is unusually green for the early time of year. Forest rangers can barely remember a greener March and say they worry a cold snap could cause great damage. Last May, for example, saw a sharp cold snap.
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Early spring confusing plants in east Iceland
Posted on 29 March 2012.
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The Living in Copenhagen Diary entry number five: Dejlig dag
Posted on 27 March 2012.
The fifth in a series of light-hearted columns about life as a foreigner living in the Danish capital.
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Spring equinox and “Lóan er komin” – although warmth still elusive for Iceland
Posted on 21 March 2012.
Iceland’s most beloved migratory bird, the ‘lóa’ (golden plover) has arrived and is heralded as a harbinger of spring. But although temperatures are rising now, the news follows a particularly harsh and wintry weekend.
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Remains found at Norwegian plane crash site
Posted on 19 March 2012.
Rescue workers have found bodily remains on the slopes of Sweden’s tallest mountain, near where a Norwegian military plane went missing on Friday with five people on board.
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Moon ‘drew Greenland icebergs to the Titanic’
Posted on 11 March 2012.
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 Olson, a physicist at Texas State University, led a team of forensic astronomers in examining the theory of late oceanographer Fergus Wood, [...]
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The Living in Copenhagen Diary: entry number one
Posted on 01 March 2012.
The first in a new series of light-hearted columns about life as a foreigner living in the Danish capital.
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Capelin fishing off Iceland “going extremely well”
Posted on 27 February 2012.
Fishing for capelin in Icelandic waters has been going exceptionally well in recent days. Many huge shoals of the small fish were being fished from off the Reykjanes peninsula at the weekend.
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