LEO Network - Search Resultshttp://leonetwork.org2024-03-28T18:49:19Zhttp://leonetwork.org/Images/logo.pnguuid:1812230D-A23F-4A1B-9AB3-41A45411694BSeabirds were not killed by flu2022-01-20T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T18:49:19ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Djupivogur, East, Iceland</h3><p>January 20, 2022</p><p>Close to 300 birds were found during a sweep of East Fjords beaches. No sign of bird flu was found in samples from dead seabirds. It is thought likely the birds died of hunger, as most were very thin. No widespread seabird deaths have been reported in any other region at this time.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/99BCB052-9958-4147-9149-58B8B51A6D89'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/1812230D-A23F-4A1B-9AB3-41A45411694B'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.7 -14.3666666666667uuid:44ABA1AC-8127-4FD3-9229-670C7501823DGood, though late, berry picking season2022-08-24T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T18:49:19ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Iceland</h3><p>August 24, 2022</p><p>The berry picking promises to be good all over Iceland this year, even though it is starting late, due to the cool, wet summer. Arna, the lactose-free dairy company based in Bolungarvík, has already received a tonne of wild bilberries, which will be used in yoghurt for sale in shops all over Iceland.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/7CD2FCD5-1C04-4B7F-9DEE-DEEFEB70F36C'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/44ABA1AC-8127-4FD3-9229-670C7501823D'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.9975884448459 -18.6054668169534uuid:2568DBCB-BA14-429F-A21A-0FB537A45B80Snowless winter and tough year overall2021-01-20T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T18:49:19ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Akureyri, Northeast, Iceland</h3><p>January 20, 2021</p><p>The winter so far has seen very little snow in Iceland. December snowfall was well below average in both Reykjavík and Akureyri. Meteorologist Elín Björk Jónasdóttir says it has been one of the least white winters in living memory so far.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/512FEE6E-E179-4B1E-9015-43E79A92CBE0'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/2568DBCB-BA14-429F-A21A-0FB537A45B80'>Read more...</a></p></div>65.68353 -18.0878uuid:4F57F4FE-0B72-447A-AA25-016593554072Surprise flood kills salmon in West Iceland2020-08-21T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T18:49:19ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3></h3><p>August 21, 2020</p><p>A jökulhlaup flood struck West Iceland’s Hvítá river in the early hours of Tuesday morning when water from a lagoon by the Langjökull glacier suddenly broke a new path and flowed in a different direction. Thick glacial mud now coats the river banks, and much of Borgarfjörður fjord.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/D39EB215-B27B-4575-B386-C298F7BB2AD0'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/4F57F4FE-0B72-447A-AA25-016593554072'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.6166666666667 -19.8333333333333uuid:9B928F55-2293-461E-822F-A734A671E3FFTornado strikes Icelandic farm2018-08-27T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T18:49:19ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Kirkjubaejarklaustur, South, Iceland</h3><p>August 27, 2018</p><p>A large 4x4 with trailer was found overturned in a ditch, fencing had been flattened, and roof panels from seven buildings were found 100 metres away from their roofs when the family returned to Norðurhjáleiga farm.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/B6DD08EA-F25E-4AB6-9C27-0CFE4E38CF9E'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/9B928F55-2293-461E-822F-A734A671E3FF'>Read more...</a></p></div>63.597447665602 -18.4130859375uuid:F60C9617-92E9-49B1-A284-A8309D3C5162Weather worries in south and east2021-02-15T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T18:49:19ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Seyðisfjörður, East, Iceland</h3><p>February 15, 2021</p><p>Very heavy rain has affected South and East Iceland throughout Sunday and overnight. An area of Seyðisfjörður has been evacuated and road closures were announced in three places due to an avalanche, an ice flood, and a downed power line.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/F779F0B5-6C41-475A-947A-BF820B4CAF90'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/F60C9617-92E9-49B1-A284-A8309D3C5162'>Read more...</a></p></div>65.26008 -14.00577uuid:C781AB08-6CE5-4656-B7AC-3B397D53B22B2020 has been kind to Iceland’s eagles2020-10-15T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T18:49:19ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Stykkishólmur, West, Iceland</h3><p>October 15, 2020</p><p>2020 was the second most successful year on record for Iceland’s sea eagles. Currently there are 85 breeding pairs—mostly around the Breiðafjörður area. This year, there have been 51 eaglets from 60 nests. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/D8731D25-46AC-4DA9-85E5-8C4DB8E64405'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/C781AB08-6CE5-4656-B7AC-3B397D53B22B'>Read more...</a></p></div>65.25 -23.25uuid:EE95D731-0822-43A6-A37F-DF60B5F4DDF6Deadliest storm in decades for Icelandic horses2019-12-17T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T18:49:19ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Vesturland, Iceland</h3><p>December 17, 2019</p><p>Last week’s storm was the most fatal natural disaster to Iceland’s horses in decades. The situation was worst in Vestur- and Austur Húnavatnssýsla, but horses died elsewhere around the country as well.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/635FA704-7165-40EA-A373-ED279419E8C1'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/EE95D731-0822-43A6-A37F-DF60B5F4DDF6'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.53333 -21.91667uuid:D592447E-41D1-4D99-9009-6470953C9894Arctic Char Population Rapidly Declining2019-02-26T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T18:49:19ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Kopavogur, Capital Region, Iceland</h3><p>February 26, 2019</p><p>The stock of arctic char in Elliðavatn lake has almost collapsed. Similar developments are taking place in Norway as well. Hilmar Malmquist, head of the freshwater division at the Marine Research Institute, believe that climate change is the main explanation.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/95135F6F-E9D6-4469-AAEA-264F761980E4'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/D592447E-41D1-4D99-9009-6470953C9894'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.0882571278929 -21.7893218994141uuid:B547B520-8AE2-49AC-BA48-0D33A516DA4CRecord capelin catch landed2022-01-31T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T18:49:19ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Seyðisfjörður, East, Iceland</h3><p>January 31, 2022</p><p>Börkur NK docked in Seyðisfjörður this weekend with a hold full of capelin. The fish took 18 hours to land and came in at 3,400 tonnes—which is likely the most capelin ever landed from a single tour in Iceland, according to a statement from Síldarvinnslan.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/A50A2EB3-F0BC-4D73-8D5A-A40FF89ACCE8'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/B547B520-8AE2-49AC-BA48-0D33A516DA4C'>Read more...</a></p></div>65.26008 -14.00577uuid:BB027421-866D-4FB5-9945-0A47053FADD462 whales die on Northeast beach2019-09-09T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T18:49:19ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Þórshöfn, Northeast, Iceland</h3><p>September 9, 2019</p><p>62 pilot whales swam onto the shore at Ytra Lón on the Langanes peninsula, northeast Iceland, on Friday evening. All died.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/91207EC1-7FD1-466A-AE22-701B7967D123'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/BB027421-866D-4FB5-9945-0A47053FADD4'>Read more...</a></p></div>66.19814 -15.33679uuid:F36921B1-CD49-4078-86A6-F4B92D32C37BChild hospitalized after exposure to volcanic gases2021-04-09T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T18:49:19ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Grindavík, Southern Peninsula, Iceland</h3><p>April 9, 2021</p><p>Thelma Dórey Pálmadóttir, age 14, fell ill while visiting the Geldingadalir eruption on Easter Sunday. She was one of ten people who reported symptoms. The explanation from doctors is that it was probably volcanic gas poisoning.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/0F489A28-9213-4C5F-A6F2-EEB4DCD00E69'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/F36921B1-CD49-4078-86A6-F4B92D32C37B'>Read more...</a></p></div>63.905 -22.2725uuid:4674CD9A-ED3E-49A0-98D5-ED6F7FAF8A0130 percent have been bitten2021-07-30T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T18:49:19ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Húnaþing vestra, Northwestern, Iceland</h3><p>July 30, 2021</p><p>The notorious lúsmý (Culicoides reconditus), a species of biting midge that has colonised Iceland for the first time in the past few years. The tiny flies can cause severe reactions, with large, sore, itchy spots that can remain angry for a week or more, and sometimes spread into a sort of rash. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/4DFF9A38-D85B-415C-8E65-14781B1B1DD6'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/4674CD9A-ED3E-49A0-98D5-ED6F7FAF8A01'>Read more...</a></p></div>65.397 -20.942uuid:D39123C8-6500-4014-8D3B-C338BF7B5C10Record-breaking cold?2020-09-25T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T18:49:19ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Laugarvatn, South, Iceland</h3><p>September 25, 2020</p><p>The thermometer at the main visitor centre in Þingvellir National Park went all the way down to –9.6°C last night and meteorologists confirm that is one of the coldest temperatures ever recorded in a built-up area at this time of year—and could even have been a new record.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/96101AEB-F22F-4598-88CF-E69707C02CAF'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/D39123C8-6500-4014-8D3B-C338BF7B5C10'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.2538055555556 -21.03725uuid:56F21BBB-0E3D-4AB0-811D-C743B0B1C610Bad weather impacts grain harvest2018-10-10T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T18:49:19ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Akureyri, Northeast, Iceland</h3><p>October 10, 2018</p><p>Grain harvests in North Iceland this autumn do not look encouraging, farmers say. A frost in late August damaged the corn and wet weather in the autumn has delayed harvests.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/40DBEACD-2FBF-4B29-A618-B740672998DF'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/56F21BBB-0E3D-4AB0-811D-C743B0B1C610'>Read more...</a></p></div>65.8567564790932 -18.34716796875uuid:C577C91B-B1E2-4596-A2F2-BD3BEC50F09BA month’s rain in one day2018-11-19T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T18:49:19ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Reykjavík, Reykjavík, Iceland</h3><p>November 19, 2018</p><p>It rained solidly in Reykjavík from 15.00 on Friday and most of Saturday, and it was heavy rain by any standard, according to meteorologist Einar Sveinbjörnsson. Around 80 mm of rain had fallen by the end of the soaking—which is slightly higher than the average for the entire month of November.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/629D2DB6-7508-4EAC-B66E-BE4242D87609'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/C577C91B-B1E2-4596-A2F2-BD3BEC50F09B'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.15 -21.88333uuid:1628642D-440F-47F2-9157-8FAECA04C71ASouthern potato farmers despair2021-09-27T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T18:49:19ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Þykkvibaer, South, Iceland</h3><p>September 27, 2021</p><p>The wet weather this summer and autumn in southwest Iceland is causing a major headache for the region’s potato farmers. Þykkvibær, one of the country’s best-known potato producers, is suffering a mould outbreak in its potato beds for the first time in 20 years and the soil is too wet for harvesting machines to get to work.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/A0409078-93D9-4C36-B8C3-B8866B937F79'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/1628642D-440F-47F2-9157-8FAECA04C71A'>Read more...</a></p></div>63.7431138888889 -20.6087uuid:6E1651B3-BB20-4585-A725-E1B6935CD4AFRecord-breaking November weather2018-12-04T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T18:49:19ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Reykjavík, Reykjavík, Iceland</h3><p>December 4, 2018</p><p>The average temperature was higher than normal in all parts of the country and in Reykjavík November was warmer than October.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/2A299304-F9CF-4889-8AFE-C26BA1D8A12B'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/6E1651B3-BB20-4585-A725-E1B6935CD4AF'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.15 -21.88333uuid:B36BC2D7-B604-45AB-84AF-7338CD062204Whale pulled back to sea2018-09-03T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T18:49:19ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3></h3><p>September 3, 2018</p><p>Five search and rescue volunteers this weekend assisted yet another stranded bottlenose whale back out to sea. The whale was stuck on the beach at Ólafsvík on the Snæfellsnes peninsula.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/CC94EC34-7909-412D-B0AD-981A40CA13B5'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/B36BC2D7-B604-45AB-84AF-7338CD062204'>Read more...</a></p></div>uuid:838643D7-7260-4328-AD53-FA8C0E26E3E450 percent more baby puffins this year2019-09-04T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T18:49:19ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Vestmannaeyjar, South, Iceland</h3><p>September 4, 2019</p><p>The puffling season is at its height and locals and visitors are busy helping lost baby puffins out to sea. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/0252EDDF-B6AF-4919-9B1D-F7CE9650445E'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/838643D7-7260-4328-AD53-FA8C0E26E3E4'>Read more...</a></p></div>63.44273 -20.27339