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Supporting structures stopped most of an avalanche - 27.4.2012

Supporting structures stopped most of an avalanche which was released from a hillside above the health care centre of a town in north Iceland in March 2012. They are the most frequently used protection measure against snow avalanches for settlements in the Alps but have not been much used in Iceland until recently. Further installations are planned in the next 5-10 years.

A new absolute maximum temperature for March - 30.3.2012

On 29 March 2012 the maximum temperature at the station Kvísker in South-East Iceland near the famed Jökulsárlón lagoon soared to 20.5°C.

The Arctic HYCOS group - 7.3.2012

In recent years, Arctic nations have consolidated their cooperation in the fields of meteorology and Arctic hydrology, to increase monitoring and research on Arctic warming and into various components of the Arctic Hydrological Cycle. The Icelandic Meteorological Office participates in The Arctic HYCOS.

Second Nordic International Conference on Climate Change Adaptation - 27.1.2012

The Second Nordic International Conference on Climate Change Adaptation is to be held in Helsinki on 29-31 August 2012. Notice that the abstrac submission has been extended to Friday 30 March 2012.