A great storm passed over Iceland on October 9^th and well into the following morning. IMO's web-site was heavily relied upon as a source of information. Read more

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An international conference on earthquakes, pre-earthquake processes and earthquake prediction research will be held in the memory of Sigurður Th. Rögnvaldsson, geophysicist, who died on 25th October 1999. He was highly respected in earthquake research in Iceland. Read more

Dr. Bruno Tremblay gave a lecture on abrupt changes in summer sea ice extent in the Arctic Ocean at IMO's headquarters in Reykjavík, 28th August. Read more

Dr. Robert Costanza gives a public lecture at the University of Iceland: "Using the global recession as an opportunity to create a sustainable and desirable future." Read more

A book published in 2009 discusses the design of protective measures in the run-out zones of snow avalanches. Recent theoretical developments and the results of field and laboratory studies are summarised and combined with traditional design principles to form a new framework for the design.

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A version, designed for mobiles, is now available at m.en.vedur.is, presenting popular information from IMO. Read more

An improved version of the web-site accomodates for IMO's new role and extended responsibilities. Read more

A book published in 2008 provides information about all named glaciers in Iceland, historic and modern. Maps, oblique aerial photographs, ground photographs, and satellite images document each glacier. Read more

A new institute was created 1st January, which retains IMO's well known name, the Icelandic Meteorological Office. Read more

The weather was favourable in 2008. The summer half of the year, May to September was unusually warm in the South and West. October was the only cold month of the year.

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