Are you a PhD student with an interest in adaptive management in relation to climate change? NONAM organizes its second event, a PhD summer school in Copenhagen 2011, in association with FIVA, the International Research School of Water Resources.

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The jökulhlaup (glacial outburst flood) from Grímsvötn that began near the end of October is now coming to an end. In past centuries, most jökulhlaups from Grímsvötn have entered the course of the river Skeiðará. This time, however, floodwater that emerged from beneath the eastern part of the glacier went westwards along the glacier margin and then entered the river Gígjukvísl. In the summer of 2009, the shift occurred and water has ceased to enter the course of Skeiðará. Read more

On October 31, a glacier outburst flood (jökulhlaup) emerged from beneath the Skeiðarárjökull glacier, a southern outlet of the Vatnajökull ice cap. The present flood is small and no threat to roads and bridges is imminent. Read more