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☆ A volcano in Iceland could erupt in hours devastating a nearby town, say experts
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Iceland has declared a state of emergency due to a high risk of a volcanic eruption. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementA town in Iceland, home to 4,000 people, could be devastated by an imminent volcanic eruption, experts said. Since late October, the Reykjanes peninsula has experienced a staggering 24,000 tremors. After being dormant for several centuries, there have been three eruptions on the Reykjanes peninsula since 2021.

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☆ Iceland declares state of emergency, evacuates over threat of volcanic eruption
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Teele Rebane | Chris Lau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Iceland has declared a state of emergency, with police officials urging residents to evacuate the coastal town of Grindavík following an intense wave of earthquakes in the southwest of the country linked to a possible volcanic eruption. In statements Friday, Iceland’s Civil Protection Agency said a magma tunnel that is forming could reach Grindavík. Its progress is being closely monitored,” the Civil Protection Agency said. But we also want to reiterate that this is not an emergency evacuation, there is plenty of time to prepare, secure things and drive out of town calmly,” the Civil Protection Agency said. We faced that together, we will face this together and we will not lose heart,” the Civil Protection Agency added.

Organizations: CNN, Iceland, Icelandic Meteorological, Civil Protection Agency, North Locations: Grindavík, Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland, Iceland’s, Reykjavik, North America, Eurasia

LONDON (AP) — Residents of a fishing town in southwestern Iceland left their homes Saturday after increasing concern about a potential volcanic eruption caused civil defense authorities to declare a state of emergency in the region. The town of 3,400 is on the Reykjanes Peninsula, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) southwest of the capital, Reykjavik. Authorities also raised their aviation alert to orange, indicating an increased risk of a volcanic eruption. Concern about a possible eruption increased in the early hours of Thursday when a magnitude 4.8 earthquake hit the area, forcing the internationally known Blue Lagoon geothermal resort to close temporarily. The magma corridor is about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) long and spreading, he said.

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☆ Iceland evacuates town over concerns of volcanic eruption
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Lava spurts and flows after the eruption of a volcano in the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland, July 12, 2023, as seen in this handout picture taken from a Coast Guard helicopter. Civil Protection of Iceland/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsCOPENHAGEN, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Icelandic authorities have completed the evacuation of 3,000 residents of a town in the southwest of the island over concerns of a volcanic eruption after a series of earthquakes and evidence of magma spreading underground. The chance of an eruption has increased significantly," Thorvaldur Thordarson, professor of volcanology at the University of Iceland, told state broadcaster RUV. Reykjanes is a volcanic and seismic hot spot southwest of the capital Reykjavik. In August 2022, a three-week eruption happened in the same area, followed by another in July of this year.

Persons: Thordarson, Jacob Gronholt, Pedersen, Louise Rasmussen, David Holmes, Christina Fincher Organizations: Coast Guard, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Icelandic Meteorological, University of Iceland, RUV, Civil Protection Agency, Thomson Locations: Iceland, Handout, Grindavik, Reykjavik, Copenhagen

☆ Iceland’s Blue Lagoon closed as 1,000 earthquakes hit in 24 hours
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But the world-famous Blue Lagoon geothermal pool has closed for a week because of the current seismic activity around the site. The site is part of southwest Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula – a thick finger of land pointing west into the North Atlantic Ocean from capital Reykjavik. As well as the Blue Lagoon, the peninsula is also home to Iceland’s main airport, Keflavik International. According to the Icelandic Met Office, around 1,400 earthquakes were measured in the 24 hours leading up to around midday on Thursday November 9, with another 800 in the first 14 hours of Friday. CNN has contacted the Icelandic Met Office and the Icelandic Civil Protection Agency for comment.

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HUSAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Iceland’s prime minister and women across the volcanic island nation went on strike Tuesday to push for an end to unequal pay and gender-based violence. Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdóttir said that she would stay home as part of the women's strike — “kvennaverkfal” in Icelandic — and expected other women in her Cabinet would do the same. Iceland's trade unions, the main organizers of the strike, called on women and nonbinary people to refuse both paid and unpaid work, including household chores, for the day. “Foreign women are more vulnerable,” said Alice Clarke, a cloth designer from Canada who has lived in Iceland for 30 years. Acting Equality Minister Irene Montero said Tuesday that the 2018 strike was inspired by Iceland’s 1975 walkout and expressed full support for the latest protest.

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☆ How an Animal Rescuer and Cat Cafe Owner Spends Her Sundays
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( More About Abellin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In May 2016, the Brooklyn Cat Cafe opened in a storefront in Brooklyn Heights. In 2021, it added a low-cost spay-neuter clinic for cats, rabbits and domesticated rats. I’m not a naturally athletic person; I just wanted to complete one just to say I did it. I typically buy from the green grocery in Brooklyn, and fill an Ikea bag with peppers, cucumbers, lettuce and carrots. The cats get so many treats from visitors, but the other animals don’t.

Persons: ” Ms, Levin, I’m Organizations: Brooklyn Cat Locations: Brooklyn Heights, Reykjavik, Iceland, Brooklyn

☆ 5 Hot Springs in Iceland That Aren’t the Blue Lagoon
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Lisa Abend | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Zheng brothers had stumbled onto the most Icelandic of experiences. With more than 600 natural hot springs, the volcanic island gets the better part of its heat and energy from geothermal sources. Of course, visitors like a good soak as well, a predilection that has helped make the milky turquoise waters of the Blue Lagoon, near the Keflavik airport, Iceland’s most popular tourist attraction. Luckily, there are numerous other outdoor geothermal pools in the neighborhood. All of these are within an hour or so by car from Reykjavik, and each has its own personality.

Persons: Lucas Zheng, Zheng Locations: Boston, Venice, Keflavik, Reykjavik

☆ New Novels Brimming With Murder, Jazz and Sumptuous Sweets
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Sarah Weinman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The journalist Valur Robertsson knows a fresh investigation will sell newspapers (and make his impatient editor ecstatic). He finds himself battling internal frustration and external impatience, all of which he expresses to his sister, Sunna, a slightly adrift graduate student. Despite secretive sources, legal threats and reminders that past and present are forever intertwined, Valur pushes hard to center Lara and her family in his stories. Sunna, too, will find herself drawn into the investigation, sometimes at her own peril. Jonasson and Jakobsdottir, beautifully translated by Victoria Cribb, demonstrate with understated brilliance how the truth rises to the surface, no matter how ugly it is or how powerful the players are.

Persons: Lara, Valur Robertsson, Valur, Victoria Cribb Locations: Reykjavik

☆ Iceland resumes fin whale hunting, but killing needs to be faster
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Sigtryggur Johannsson/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOSLO, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Iceland's government said on Thursday it will resume hunting fin whales after a two-month halt, but with new guidelines aimed at killing them as quickly as possible to reduce suffering. Iceland resumed hunting fin whales, which can reach lengths of over 20 metres (65 feet), in 2006 after a 20-year pause. Although several are still endangered or even on the brink of extinction, Iceland, along with Norway and Japan, have resumed commercial whaling. The hunting will be resumed after a government working group concluded that it was possible to improve the hunting methods. Iceland's public broadcaster said whale hunters would be required to complete a course in whale biology, pain perception and stress.

Persons: Sigtryggur, Nerijus, Sandra Maler Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, International Whaling Commission, Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Fisheries, Thomson Locations: Reykjavik, Rights OSLO, Iceland, Norway, Japan

☆ Brilliant Planet: Growing and burying algae in the Sahara is the latest solution for the climate crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Tom Page | Thomas Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Algae absorbs atmospheric carbon dioxide and emits oxygen via photosynthesis, and has been doing so since before the first land plants ever existed. “Nature-based solutions are a great way of removing carbon,” Taylor told CNN, arguing that deserts are an under-utilized environment. Many carbon capture solutions have been proposed, the most headline-grabbing being direct air capture. “There are enormous desert regions in the country that might be converted for carbon capture and storage projects,” she added. courtesy Brilliant PlanetTaylor hopes the tangible, weighable algae flakes will make Brilliant Planet’s model attractive.

Persons: Adam Taylor, Taylor, “, ” Taylor, ”, You’re, Halldor Kolbeins, Fatna Ikrame El Fanne, El Fanne, Robert Höglund, Höglund, ” Höglund Organizations: CNN, US Department of Energy, Getty, Climate, “ Locations: London, Akhfenir, Morocco, Sahara, Reykjavik, Iceland, AFP, Climate Morocco, Namibia, Manhattan

I couldn't afford the Iceland trip and I knew it. See Insider's picks for the best credit cards with primary rental car insurance »I wasn't ready for the billBut wait, didn't we buy car insurance? I had already spent close to $2,000 on the Iceland trip between airfare, Airbnb, the car rental and general food and fun costs. I called my car insurance company, Ariel's car insurance company, and Budget's head office. I even bought a calling card so I could ring up Budget Iceland and try to negotiate with them!

Persons: Ariel, I, I've Organizations: Service, Budget Locations: Iceland, Wall, Silicon, Reykjavík, Halifax, airfare

☆ Fact Check-Europe weather map comparison misleads about climate coverage
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A misleading comparison of two European weather maps is being touted online as evidence of escalating climate change fearmongering since the COVID pandemic. One map shows Europe coloured in a light green monotone, and icons – like a sun or clouds – hover over major cities. Thank you,” one Facebook user wrote in their caption, suggesting the green map was published prior to the start of the pandemic in 2020 and the other since. For instance, see the latest WeatherOnline map (here ), and the latest Wxchart for Europe (bit.ly/3DorvfH ). Both weather maps, which are from different sources, were published before the pandemic – and the red map was published a year earlier than the green map.

Persons: Read Organizations: Facebook, Reuters, WeatherOnline Ltd Locations: Europe, Reykjavik, Iceland, Madrid, Spain

☆ The new low-cost US airline that promised to connect the East Coast with Japan and Korea is having a rough start
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Northern Pacific Airways launched its first revenue flight between California and Las Vegas on Friday. Startup airline Northern Pacific Airways is struggling to take off — both figuratively and literally. However, regulators required Northern Pacific to start flying before it could apply for ETOPS — igniting a mad dash for its operating certificate and a new first route. On July 9, Northern Pacific got the official green light to launch flights, with CEO Rob McKinney sharing the news on Twitter. Despite the turbulent first two years of business and a shaky inaugural, Northern Pacific is still planning to eventually fly to Asia.

Persons: Brady MacDonald, hasn't, Ted Stevens, Rob McKinney Organizations: Northern Pacific Airways, Startup, Sunday, Northern Pacific, Boeing, International, Northern, Twitter Locations: California, Las Vegas, Asia, Ontario , California, Orlando, New York City, Ted, Alaska, Europe, Reykjavik, Northern Pacific, Ukraine, Russia, Tokyo, Seoul, Russian, Southern California, Mexico, Australia, Philippines

☆ I make up to $1,500 a month cohosting Airbnb units. It only takes me about 3 hours a week and I can do it from anywhere.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Elle Hardy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

He says he spends about three hours a week managing admin for the five properties they cohost. He says they make about $1,000 a month during the year and peak at about $1,500 in the summer. I'm an ICU nurse in Reykjavík, Iceland, but I'm originally from Chattanooga, Tennessee. I spend about 3 hours a week working as a cohostCohosting is integrated into the Airbnb platform, so it makes it really easy. Using the systems I have right now, and while working full time, I'd say I could add another 10 units to our portfolio.

Persons: Seth Sutherland, cohost, Airbnb, Agnes, I'd, I'm, couldn't, Rafael Loza, Sean Rakidzich Organizations: Service, YouTube Locations: Wall, Silicon, Reykjavík, Iceland, Chattanooga , Tennessee, United States, Italy, Tennessee, Orlando, Florida, East Coast

☆ Iceland police restrict access to erupting volcano spewing toxic gas
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/3] View from Reykjavik towards the area where a volcano eruption was taking place on the Reykjanes peninsula, in Iceland, July 10, 2023. REUTERS/Sigurdur DavidssonCOPENHAGEN, July 11 (Reuters) - Icelandic police have restricted access to a volcano that has been spewing out "life-threatening toxic gas pollution" since it began erupting on Monday, the department of civil protection and emergency management said. "The police, after counsel from scientists, have decided to restrict access to the eruption site due to enormous and life-threatening toxic gas pollution," the department said. "For the next hours, it is highly likely that gas will build up around the eruption site due to low wind. Those who have already undertaken the hike to the eruption site, or are already there, are strongly advised to leave the area," it said.

Persons: Louise Breusch Rasmussen, Robert Birsel Organizations: REUTERS, Residents, Facebook, Thomson Locations: Reykjavik, Iceland, COPENHAGEN

☆ Iceland: Volcano erupts in Litli-Hrútur after weeks of earthquakes
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Jessie Yeung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A volcanic eruption south of Iceland’s capital Reykjavik is sending plumes of smoke across a region known for its sweeping lava fields, volcanoes and geothermal activity. Streams of lava near Litli Hrutur, Iceland, on July 10, 2023. Observers from the University of Iceland watch a volcanic eruption near Litli Hrutur, Iceland on July 10, 2023. Authorities are working to restore access to the volcano once the pollution dies down, it added. Several days ago, the management office warned hikers in the region to be careful, noting that the recent seismic activity looked similar to the lead-up to another volcanic eruption last year.

Persons: Kristinn Magnusson Organizations: CNN, Icelandic Meteorological, country’s Keflavik Airport, Observers, University of Iceland, Getty Locations: Iceland’s, Reykjavik, Iceland’s Reykjanes, Hrutur, Iceland, Litli Hrutur

☆ Icelandic volcano erupts near capital
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Nora Buli | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Smoke billows and lava spurts after the eruption of a volcano, on the Reykjanes peninsula, near the capital Reykjavik, in southwest Iceland, July 10, 2023, in this picture obtained from social media. Juergen Merz - Glacier Photo Artist/via REUTERSOSLO, July 10 (Reuters) - A volcano has erupted on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwest Iceland, near the capital Reykjavik, following intense earthquake activity in the area, the country's Meteorological Office (IMO) said on Monday. "At the moment, it's a very small eruption," said Matthew Roberts of the service and research division at the IMO. Reykjanes Peninsula is a volcanic and seismic hot-spot southwest of the capital Reykjavik. "This is not a volcanic eruption with any ash.

Persons: Juergen Merz, Matthew Roberts, IMO's Roberts, Nora Buli, Barbara Lewis Organizations: REUTERS, country's Meteorological, Reykjavik's, Keflavik, Thomson Locations: Reykjavik, Iceland, REUTERS OSLO, Reykjanes, Oslo

☆ These are the best cities in the world for a healthy work-life balance, an analysis has found. Almost all are in Europe.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Europe is leading the way for healthy work-life balance, an analysis by Forbes found. Europe is leading the way for healthy work-life balance, an analysis by Forbes has found. Forbes ranked cities in Europe as some of the best in the world for work-life balance, but not US cities made the list. Belfast, Northern IrelandWork-life balance score: 57Belfast, Northern Ireland. Oslo, NorwayWork-life balance score: 63.2Karl Johans Gate street scene in Oslo, Norway with royal palace in the background.

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☆ I saw the Airbus A321XLR make its air show debut and I'm convinced it'll be a game changer for the airline industry
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Airbus A321XLR is the European planemaker's latest narrowbody airliner built to fly up to 11 hours nonstop. Airlines are buying up the A321XLR as a prime replacement aircraft for aging jets like the Boeing 757. The star of the biennial event was the Airbus A321XLR, which made its air show debut on June 19 to much fanfare. The A321XLR can open new routes thanks to its extra fuel tankThe first rear center fuel tank from Premium Aerotec for the Airbus A321XLR. The XLR will offer enhanced comfort and economicsAn Airbus A321XLR rendering.

Persons: I've, Jason Reisinger, Reisinger, Andrew Nocella, Ronojoy Dutta Organizations: Airbus, Boeing, Morning, Paris Air Show, Icelandair's, Airlines, United, East Airlines, JetBlue, IndiGo, Qantas, AirAsia X, Sky Airline, Czech Airlines Locations: European, Boston, London, York, Reykjavik, Raleigh , North Carolina, Charlotte, New York, Paris, United, Malaysian, Chile, India, Europe, Southeast Asia, New Delhi, Seoul, Mumbai, Amsterdam

☆ Me Walk Pretty One Day
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Jancee Dunn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

David Sedaris, an avid walker, humorist and author of 13 books, including “Me Talk Pretty One Day” and “Happy-Go-Lucky,” is the perfect person to help me. Sedaris, who splits his time between New York City and Sussex, England, has been walking every day since 2014, when he started tracking his steps with a Fitbit. He has walked in cities all over the world, including Tokyo and Reykjavik. I will walk from, I don’t know, 3 o’clock until 7 o’clock. I mean, I need to walk a minimum of 10 miles.

Persons: David Sedaris, Sedaris Locations: New York City, Sussex, England, Tokyo, Reykjavik

☆ Analysis: Stelara patent deal puts J&J back on path to $57 bln 2025 revenue forecast
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Patrick Wingrove | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Stelara, introduced in 2009, has been J&J’s top-selling drug since 2019, with sales reaching $9.7 billion in 2022. J&J is forecasting $57 billion in pharmaceutical sales by 2025 after reducing its previous view of $60 billion in April, citing currency dynamics that hurt its pharmaceutical business in 2022. That would add around $4.6 billion to average estimates for pharmaceutical sales, as long as no biosimilars enter the market before 2025. Amgen said last month the confidential settlement it signed with J&J will allow it to sell its Stelara biosimilar no later than Jan. 1, 2025. “If no Stelara biosimilars enter in 2024, I think growth should continue at around 4% in 2023 and 2024,” Huynh said.

Persons: Johnson, Amgen, ”, Vamil, Trung Huynh, ” Huynh, Teva, biosimilar, Divan, Alvotech, Patrick Wingrove, Caroline Humer, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Amgen Inc, Analysts, Stelara, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Reuters, New, J, Credit Suisse, Food and Drug Administration, Alvotech’s, Thomson Locations: New Brunswick , New Jersey, Alvotech’s Reykjavik

Here is a look at the F-16, why Ukraine wants it and why the Biden administration is hesitant to supply it. It has flown in American conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo, the Persian Gulf and on homeland defense missions in U.S. airspace. There are approximately 3,000 currently in active military service worldwide, including hundreds in the U.S. Air Force and Navy. Without modern fighter jets, “no air defense system will be perfect,” President Volodymyr Zelensky told European leaders gathered at a summit in Reykjavik, Iceland, this week. He also said it would be unlikely for Britain, with its “special relationship” with America, to push ahead with trying to provide F-16s if the Biden administration was not at least somewhat on board.

REYKJAVIK, May 16 (Reuters) - European leaders will travel to Iceland on Tuesday for a two-day summit meant to show their support for Ukraine but also send a powerful message on core democratic values many feel are under threat in and outside Europe. The CoE's democratic values are upheld by the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights, where citizens can take governments to court in case of human rights violations. Even Russia didn't want to leave the Council of Europe, Turkey doesn't want to leave either." European leaders such as Germany's Olaf Scholz, Britain's Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron will attend the summit in Reykjavik, while Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy will address his counterparts via videolink. Macron's office said the Council is looking at how its little-known bank, the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), could help meet the needs of struggling Ukrainians.

☆ British Air Force to guard Iceland during Council of Europe summit
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The May 15-19 airspace protection agreement signed by the two countries will provide security before, during and after a summit of the Council of Europe, the continent's leading human rights watchdog, which is meeting in Iceland on May 16 and 17. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is among the government leaders expected to attend the meeting of the 46-nation council. The summit will be the largest international event held in Iceland, according to the government. The island nation situated in the North Atlantic ocean has a population of fewer than 400,000 people and no standing army or air force of its own. Reporting by Terje Solsvik in Oslo Editing by Matthew LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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