News & announcements

The Marine and Freshwater Research Institute´s (MFRI) new research vessel will be launched to sea today, January 12th, in Vigo, Spain. The vessel will then be given the name Thorunn Thordardottir in a formal launching ceremony. The name honours the first Icelandic woman who dedicated her life to marine research and a great pioneer in phytoplankton research in the ocean surrounding Iceland.

This seminar will review iAtlantic’s work before considering the results of our ecosystem time series analyses in 12 Case Studies including Iceland.

Wishing you a festive holiday season and a very happy New Year.

The report of the main findings has now been published in English and Icelandic.

Using DNA from microalgae as proxies for past climate studies [Language: English].

Population genomics of harbour porpoise and common minke whale in the North Atlantic by Ralph Tiedemann, Profesor at the University of Potsdam.

Friday the 10th of November, the results of an extensive capelin research project will be introduced. The project has been ongoing since 2018 with special funding from the Ministry.

Mobile predators on the Ascophyllum nodosum dominated shores of Breiðafjörður, Iceland, a seminar by Jón Tómas Magnússon.

Árni Kristmundsson, head of the Fish Disease laboratory at Keldur, has a seminar "Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae and proliferative kidney disease in Icelandic salmonids. Comparative data from two different time periods" at Hafrannsóknastofnun.

Seminar by Bogi Hansen from the Faroe Marine Research Institute, Havstovan, on the flows across the Iceland-Faroe Ridge.