Iceland to submit bill that could ban whaling in its waters – government has faced mounting pressure to ban the practice
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After decades of drought, water is rising in the African Sahel
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The Icelandic volcanic island of Surtsey emerged in the 1960s, and scientists say studying its development offers hope for damaged ecosystems worldwide
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A passage of water in the North Sea known as the Skagerrak is a hotspot for young Greenland sharks, according to a new study. But what are the elusive animals doing there?
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In the mid-20th century, Britain and Iceland went to war. Sort of. All over the precious resource of cod.
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Iceland's largest whaling company Hvalur will not be hunting this season – second consecutive year the company has opted out
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Norway's environment minister has ruled out a ban on open-net fish farming at sea despite acknowledging that the wild North Atlantic salmon is under “existential threat”
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Iceland's president urged to intervene over Europe's last whaler – conservation groups are asking for the decision to allow Hvalur to hunt to be put on hold until after election
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Danish wind power giant Ørsted delays major US offshore project – news follows scrapping of two other Atlantic windfarms and axing of hundreds of jobs as costs surge
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The underwater 'kites' generating electricity as they move beneath the waters of the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic
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Iceland's government has issued a license to the North Atlantic nation's last fin whaling company to hunt and kill 128 fin whales this year
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Faroe tunnel has opened up more than 150m below the Atlantic, boasting a six-mile-long art installation complete with its own spectral soundtrack picked up by car radio
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Iceland fisheries minister rebuked over 2023 whaling ban – Parliamentary Ombudsman says whaling ban lacked legal footing
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How to stop an Icelandic whale hunt – Elissa Phillips and Anahita Babaei on chaining themselves to the crow's nests of whaling vessels for thirty-three hours
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Iceland allows whaling to resume – activists say that whales will still suffer agonising deaths despite new regulations and monitoring
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North Atlantic Oscillation contributes to 'cold blob' in Atlantic Ocean
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Iceland suspends whale hunt on animal welfare concerns until the end of August, likely bringing controversial practice to historic end
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Whale hunts have been branded inhumane by activists and authorities as Icelandic report finds they suffer a long and painful death
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First account of apparent alloparental care of a long-finned pilot whale calf by a female killer whale near Snæfellsnes, in west Iceland
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Research group Whale Wise are investigating how net entanglement is affecting humpback whale populations in Iceland using drones
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Greenland ice sheet saw a sharp spike in the rate and extent of melting last week – eighteen billion tons of water in just three days
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After a four-year hiatus, Iceland's last remaining whaling company will resume its hunt this summer, much to the chagrin of tourism officials
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Scientists want to protect narwhals, but the Greenlanders who hunt them say their traditions are being ignored
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As the world experiences sea level rise, Iceland's waters are falling – and flowing to the other side of the planet
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Iceland's plan to end commercial whaling is driven by falling demand but also a fifteen-year-long campaign aimed at their biggest consumers of whale meat – tourists
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Iceland's last remaining whaling company said it planned to hunt this summer for the first time since 2018
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Commercial whaling in Iceland could be banned within two years, after a government minister said there was little justification for the practice
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A 'blue blob' in the North Atlantic Ocean has been slowing down the melting of Iceland's glaciers, a new study suggests
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Tidal kites with a five-metre wingspan move underwater in a figure-of-eight pattern, absorbing energy from the running tide to generate electricity
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Vast sunken continent “Icelandia” may exist under the North Atlantic – if proven it could upend long-standing assumptions about region's geological history
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Humpback whale gulps and spits out Cape Cod lobsterman
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Silent whale watching on Iceland's first electric boat tour – a carbon-neutral tour off Húsavík makes for a greener, more peaceful experience for visitors and sea creatures
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Brexit fishing row evokes memories of 'cod wars' with Iceland – four Royal Navy patrol ships will be ready from 1st January to help protect UK fishing waters
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Commercial whaling may be over in Iceland – citing the pandemic, whale watching, and a lack of exports, one of the three largest whaling countries may be calling it quits
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Cod war tensions with Iceland – British trawlers, bunched together as they are, make easy prey for Icelandic gunboats in 1976
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Iceland didn't hunt any whales in 2019 – and public appetite for whale meat is fading
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Iceland accused of putting mackerel stocks at risk by increasing its catch
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The North Atlantic ocean current, which warms northern Europe, may be slowing
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Alarm over North Atlantic right whale's survival after recent deaths
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Twenty pilot whales have died stranded in mysterious circumstances on the south-western coast of Iceland
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Dozens of dead beached whales have been spotted by sightseers during a helicopter flight over western Iceland
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The plight of the North Atlantic right whale, a species with just 450 individuals left in its population, just got even worse
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Tales from the far-flung Faroes — The people who live on remote rocks in the North Atlantic
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