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14 - 19 April 2024
We will be presenting our research at EGU24 in beautiful Vienna, Austria:
1) Assessing the potential of tidal and ocean current energy for remote Arctic communities
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/EGU24-8558.html
2) Multi-Dimensional Feasibility Assessment of the Deployment of Vortex-induced vibration Energy Harvester to utilize hidden hydro potential in European water and energy infrastructure
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/EGU24-10664.html
3) The potential of Volcanic Pozzolan from Iceland (VPI) in concrete production to reduce the carbon footprint
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/EGU24-4763.html
4) A Life cycle assessment of energy harvesters in existing European water networks for distributed network monitoring
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/EGU24-8003.html
5) Mapping the perceived potential of energy harvesters to increase the resilience of European water and energy infrastructure
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/EGU24-8940.html
6) Overview of the Theme 2 of IAHS HELPING: Holistic Solutions for Water Security
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/EGU24-22254.html
20 March 2024
Join our Montenegro - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Iceland energy symposium
https://www.ru.is/vidburdir/energy-cooperation-between-iceland-montenegro-and-bosnia-and-herzegovina
10 January 2024
We will be hosting the following sessions at EGU2024 (14–19 April 2024) in beautiful Vienna. We look forward welcoming your contribution to our session. Deadline for abstract submission is 10 January 2024:
1) The modern era of Ecological engineering: nature-inspired design for circular problem-solving
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/session/50481
2) Energy system modelling
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/session/48952
3) Innovation in Hydropower Operations and Planning to integrate Renewable Energy Sources and optimize the Water-Energy Nexus
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/session/49004
4) Advancing uncertainty quantification in water quality modelling, decision support and risk analysis
8 December 2023
"Paris meets Reykjavik"! The Embassy of France, Reykjavik University and the IEES are organizing a public podium discussion on sustainable city development. We look forward welcoming you at RU!
21 November 2023
We will present the Potential of On-Site Gas Analysis in Iceland at the miniRUEDI Symposium at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology in Zurich, Switzerland
1 -5 October 2023
Join our conference “Closed cycles and the Circular Society 2023: The power of ecological engineering” of the International Ecological Engineering Society (IEES) in Chania, Greece:
22 - 23 June 2023
Join our presentation about Sustainable Hydropower in the Alps and in the Arctic at the vgbe/VÖU Expert Event "River Management and Ecology" in Vienna, Austria
1 - 2 June 2023
Join our conference on mechanical and industrial engineering in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina:
18 May 2023
We will present and discuss collaborations topics between Serbia and Iceland at the faculty of forestry, Belgrade university in Belgrade Serbia
16 May 2023
We will present (online) the potential of the Arctic to decarbonize energy system at the MODENERLANDS, Strategic Workshop 2023, University of Luxembourg, campus:
https://modenerlands.eu/activities/events/strategic-workshop-2023/
9 -12 May 2023
Join our Training School (TS) on Sustainable Hydropower in Timisoara, Romania
https://www.pen-hydropower.eu/training-schools
3 May 2023
Milene Ostojić, a Erasmus exchange student from Montenegro makes the headlines of the university news:
22 - 27 April 2023
We will be presenting our research at EGU23 in beautiful Vienna, Austria:
1) Climate-Neutral Europe: the Role of Renewable Energies in the Arctic to decarbonize Europe and enhance energy independence
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/EGU23-4148.html
2) Comparison of the Life Cycle Analysis of inert electrodes and the Hall-Heroult process in aluminum production
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/EGU23-13952.html
3) Icelandic Center for Energyscape (ICE) - Creating solutions for a climate-neutral society
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/EGU23-15462.html
10 April 2023
Ognjen Bobičić, a Erasmus exchange student from Montenegro makes the headlines of the university news: https://www.ucg.ac.me/objava/blog/1021/objava/161367-student-masinskog-fakulteta-o-erasmus-avanturi-zvanoj-island
9 - 11 March 2023
We will be presenting our course on "Water Resources and Water Balance for Sustainable Communities" in the frame of the ENVEDU project:
28 February 2023
We will discuss Energy cooperation between Austria and Iceland to facilitate the path to a climate neutral Europe. The event takes place in the Lakeside Park, Building 12, Alpen Adria University, Klagenfurt, Austria:
https://www.aau.at/event/treffen-des-foschungsclusters-energy-management-and-technology/
20 October 2022
We will be presenting at the "Joint Programming Conference Smart Energy Systems 2022" the newest results from the H2CoopStorage Project, comparing large scale H2 production in Iceland with local small scale production in Austria and Belgium
2 October 2022
Sign our manifesto of the International Ecological Engineering Society: https://iees.ch/our-manifesto/
30 August 2022
We are hiring: Post-Doctoral Researcher and a Ph.D. positions in EU energy security
27 -29 August 2022
The government of Greenland, the Energy Authority of Iceland, Mannvit, Efla, the Energieinstitut at the JKU and Reykjavik University will host a joint session on "Climate-Neutral Europe: the Role of Renewable Energies in the Arctic"
https://www.arcticcircle.org/forums/arctic-circle-greenland-forum
28-29 July 2022
We will be hosting a session on "Renewable Energy Proliferation and Environmental Awareness" at the IC-REST in Tirana, Albania.
11 - 22 July 2022
Join our Austrian Summer School on Energy Transition: a two week summer school in Linz, Austria with lectures, student projects and excursions to key Austrian energy companies.
8 June 2022
Banja Luka University, Reykjavik University and the Energy Institute at the JKU are organising a joint energy seminar on “Geothermal and other renewable energy sources in the heating systems of Banja Luka City”
23 - 27 May 2022
We will be presenting our research at EGU2022 in beautiful Vienna, Austria:
1) The potential of geothermal district heating in the city of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/EGU22-6292.html
2) Can remote green hydrogen production play a key role in decarbonizing Europe? A cradle to gate LCA of hydrogen production in Austria, Belgium and Iceland
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/EGU22-5406.html
3) The opportunities and challenges of Green Hydrogen from Africa and Iceland to decarbonize the industries
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/EGU22-2917.html
4) Hydrology at its extreme: climate change, societal impacts and natural hazards in the land of fire and ice
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/EGU22-4543.html
5) Opportunities and drivers for green hydrogen production from renewable energy: Constructing of a causal loop diagram from stakeholders perspective in Iceland
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/EGU22-5957.html
6) Mapping NBS stakeholders’ perspective over Sludge Treatment Reed Bed (STRB) in Iceland
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/EGU22-1978.html
16 - 20 May 2022
We organized a workshop on education for environmental citizenship in the frame of the EEA project EnvEdu-OERs
11 May - 14 May
Minister of science and technology development from Montenegro, Prof. Ms. Biljana Scepanovic, visited us to discuss circular economy.
10 May 2022
Minister of economy from Upper Austria, Mr. Markus Achleitner, visited Reykjavik University to discuss climate neutral economy.
OÖNachrichten reported:
Austrian National TV reported:
9 - 13 May 2022
Join our training school on Nature Based Solution for the Water-Energy-Nexus in Reykjavik, Iceland.
https://circular-city.eu/?page_id=296
or directly on the LBHI Website:
http://www.lbhi.is/icelandic_nature_based_solution_approaches_urban_and_rural_context
25 - 29 April 2022
Join our training school on circular economy in Europa and Africa:a five day training school in Linz, Austria with excursions to surrounding circular economy solutions.
https://circular-city.eu/?p=864e_id=296
or directly on the EI-JKU Website:
https://energieinstitut-linz.at/training-school-circular-economy-in-europe-and-africa/
10-11 March 2022
iREEC 2022: Join our Symposium on "Concepts of Empowerment: the Role of Energy and Environmental Citizenship in The Energy Transition"
4 February 2022
We present our preliminary results of the Green Deal Africa project at the 11th anniversary conference of Ansole.org: Renewable Energy in North Africa: A Potential Source for Hydrogen Production, presented by Gloria Gladis Sondakh.
12 January 2022
Deadline for abstract submission for the General Assembly of EGU2022 in beautiful Vienna between 3 and 8 April 2022:
Opportunities and risks of carbon cycling and power to X
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/session/44028
Multi-dataset, multi-variable and multi-objective techniques to improve prediction of hydrological, ecological, and water quality models | Virtual PICO
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/session/42985
Innovation in Hydropower Operations and Planning to integrate renewable energy sources and optimize the Water-Energy Nexus
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/session/43302
Sustainability as a challenge to face and a goal to reach: interdisciplinary approach to support raw materials and energy supply with hydropower
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/session/43532
Secure subsurface storage for future energy systems
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/session/43544
- Note: The session below was merged into the session above:
- Underground hydrogen and CO2 storage in future energy systems
- https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/session/41976
30 Nov - 1 Dec 2021
Reykjavik University and the Energy Institute at the JKU are organizing a joint online seminar on sustainable energy development.
https://www.ru.is/haskolinn/vidburdir-hr/allir-vidburdir/seminar-on-sustainable-energy-development
Seminar on Sustainable Energy Cooperation (1 Dec 2021)
Seminar on Sustainable Energy Development (30 Nov 2021)
18 - 20 November 2021
Ansole.org, the Energy Institute in Linz and Reykjavik University are organizing together with international partners an International Energy 2021 Conference On “Renewable Energy and Digital Technologies for the Development of Africa“ in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
14-17 October 2021
We will be organizing a joint session at the Arctic Circle Assemble 2021 on "The role of renewable energies in the Arctic in a climate neutral Europe" in Reykjavik, Iceland. A joint efforts of the Energy Institute in Linz and Reykjavik University:
13 October 2021
We will present our results on green hydrogen at the H2CoopStorage event at Reykjavik University.
https://h2coopstorage.eu/h2coopstorage-members-visit-iceland/
11 October 2021
Yang Shu will defend his PhD thesis entitled> Using Scanning Doppler Lidar to Enhance Aviation Safety in Iceland"
20-24 September 2021
Join our Training School on "Nature-Based Solutions & Climate-Sensitive Urban Design" in Novi Sad, Serbia:
1 July 2021
Our study about "Using Machine Learning Methods to Identify Particle Types from Doppler Lidar Measurements in Iceland" made the headlines of the title page in the MDPI journal remote sensing. Congratulation to Yang Shu for his excellent work!
25 May 2021
We will present our work on "Multi-criteria analysis of biogas simulation plants based on the residues generated in the city of Reykjavik" at the 2nd Open Bioeconomy Week (OBW) Hämeenlinna, Finland. A joint effort by T. Llano, F. Pérez and D. Finger.
26 April 2021
See our promotional 2min preview of our abstract on metaheuristic calibration methods to improve hydrological models to be presented on 26 April at the vEGU2021:
19 April 2021 - 30 April 2021
We will be presenting our research at EGU2020 in beautiful Vienna, Austria:
A review of the potential of nature-based solutions (NBS) to address the challenges of the water-energy-food nexus (WEF Nexus) in the coming decades
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/EGU21-9480.html
A concept for sustainable and digitalized hydropower going beyond the sustainable hydropower sustainability tool
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/EGU21-6629.html
Towards improving the Pareto frontier in environmental models using multi-dataset calibrations coupled with metaheuristic methods
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/EGU21-11996.html
Conflicting interests over hydropower: Identifying and representing stakeholder perspectives on new projects using causal mapping
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/EGU21-16362.html
The use of ground-based Doppler lidar in Iceland: turbulence measurement, dust detection, and the application of machine learning
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/EGU21-5123.html
Advantages of metaheuristics for multi-dataset calibration of hydrological models
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/EGU21-1395.html
9 March and 16 March 2021
Join us fro a joint online seminar on sustainable nature-energy nexus organized by Reykjavik University and the Energy Institute at the Johannes Kepler University:
9 March (10 am-12 am Iceland time): Sustainable energy production at the EI JKU
16 March (10 am-12 am Iceland time): Sustainability in Iceland
Zoom link: https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/65865964631
13 January 2021
Deadline for abstract submission for the General Assembly of EGU2019 (to be held entirely online between 19 and 30 April 2021):
Multi-dataset, multi-variable and multi-objective techniques to improve prediction of hydrological and water quality models:
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/session/39968
Hydropower and other renewable energy sources: integration and planning amid the water-energy nexus
Sustainable hydropower: environmental impacts, climate change adaptation, market challenges, and social acceptance
7 December 2020
The Delegation of the European Union to Iceland, The Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources, and The Sustainability Institute and Forum (SIF) invites you to an online seminar on the EU Green Deal and the Icelandic Climate Action plan.
19 November 2020
We will present our work on "Ground Based Lidar and Ceilometer Observations of Dust Storms in Iceland" at the virtual European Lidar Conference 2020 in Granada
11 September 2020
The Sustainability Institute and Forum (SIF) invites you to the 1st sustainability seminar at Reykjavik University
2 - 4 September 2020
We will organize a Circular Economy conference in Wädenswil, Switzerland. Abstracts on circular solutions are welcomed:
https://closedcycles2020.ch/index.php
See the video of our session:
27 July 2020
The Sustainability Institute and Forum (SIF) organizes the first summer seminar on sustainable engineering projects funded by SIF:
https://en.ru.is/sif/news-and-events/sif-summer-seminar-for-ise-students-1
3-8 May 2020
We will be presenting our research at EGU2020 in beautiful Vienna, Austria:
Perceiving and managing the 2018 & 2019 droughts in Europe: is there a need for macro-governance in Europe?
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/EGU2020-19969.html
The superiority of circular economy solutions in the main sectors of an innovative and prospering economy– a case study from Iceland
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/EGU2020-18282.html
Integration of spatial fire risk model results into a decision support system – A case study at Laugarvatn, South Iceland
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/EGU2020-16805.html
Snow Data Assimilation Methods for Hydrological, Land Surface, Meteorological and Climate Models: Results from COST HarmoSnow (2014-2018)
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/EGU2020-8348.html
Measurement inter-comparison of bulk snow density and water equivalent of snow cover with snow core samplers
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/EGU2020-1824.html
Hydropower and other renewable energy sources: Integration and Planning amid the Water-Energy Nexus:
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/session/35471
24 January 2020
Special seminar by Dr. Fogarassy Csaba, Szent István University in Gödöllő about "Circular economy: The opportunities within the European Green Deal"
15 January 2020
Deadline for for abstract submission for the General Assembly of EGU2019 in beautiful Vienna, Austria:
Sustainable Hydropower: environmental impacts, climate change adaptation, market challenges, and social acceptance
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/session/35471
The Environment and Smart Circular Economy: A New Geo management Approach
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/session/36268
1 January 2020
Our summary of NBS solutions for a circular cities have now been published:
- https://iwaponline.com/bgs/article/2/1/112/71868/A-review-of-nature-based-solutions-for-urban-water
- https://iwaponline.com/bgs/article/2/1/138/72076/A-review-of-nature-based-solutions-for-resource
See our video which summaries the findings of our papers:
3 - 7 September 2019
We present at the TerraEnvision 2019 conference in beautiful Barcelona:
Nature-based solution for flood and drought risk reduction in southern Iceland
https://terraenvision.eu/2019/abstract.php?id=2062
The perception of stakeholders to implement Nature Based Solution for flood protection in the Balkans and in Iceland
https://terraenvision.eu/2019/abstract.php?id=2061
Modelling and Multi-Criteria Analysis of anaerobic digestion process to get upgraded methane from bio-residues in the city of Reykjavik
https://terraenvision.eu/2019/abstract.php?id=2060
Monitoring of carbon sequestration in Iceland using remote sensing technology â an overview of the LanDeg project
https://terraenvision.eu/2019/abstract.php?id=2063
The challenge in increasing water and soil resources resilience by landscape restoration: examples from southern Ethiopia and Iceland.
15 July 2019
Deadline for abstracts for TerraEnvision2019 conference:
14 May 2019
Funded PhD Scholar Exchange Programme between Nepal and Iceland available for Nepali PhD scholars:
8 May 2019
Call for papers on a Special Issue "Circular Use of Resources - Theoretical and Practical Approaches of Sustainable Technologies, Business Models and Organizational Innovations"
16 April - 2 Mai 2019
Research and teaching visit at Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU)
Seminars at TMU
http://www.comp.tmu.ac.jp/water/urban/seminar.html
Excursion to Mt Takao
April 7 - 12 April 2019
We will be presenting at EGU in beautiful city Vienna, Austria:
1) Characterisation of the chemical composition in geothermal hot springs in Iceland and Serbia
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2019/EGU2019-17722.pdf
2) The challenges for geothermal energy development in the Balkan countries: examples from Romania and Serbia
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2019/EGU2019-9772.pdf
3) Ground-based lidar remote sensing for aerosol detection in Iceland
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2019/EGU2019-9719.pdf
4) Determination of VOCs emissions in vehicular exhausts and their impact on air quality in Reykjavik, Iceland
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2019/EGU2019-1590.pdf
3 - 4 April 2019
Joint International workshop on hydropower and electrical mobility at the Alpen-Adria University in Klagenfurt, Austria
https://www.aau.at/blog/internationaler-research-workshop-hydropower/
10 January 2019
Last call for abstracts on nature-based solutions to be presented at EGU2019 in beautiful Vienna, Austria:
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2019/session/30852
10-14 December 2018
We will present our newest results on aerosol detection using Lidar, ceilometer and sun-photometers at AGU in Washington D.C., USA
30-31 October 2018
We organize a workshop on data harmonization in Budapest, Hungary: Towards a better harmonization of snow observations, modeling and data assimilation in Europe, 30 - 31 October 2018
http://harmosnow.eu/index.php?page=30%20-%2031.10.2018,%20Budapest
18 September 2018
We will present at the European Researchers' Night in Reykjavik, Iceland, an overview of student projects aiming at reducing GHG emissions, leading to a carbon neutral society in Iceland: https://www.visindavaka.is/dagskra/
April - May 2018
Establishing teaching and research collaboration with AAU Klagenfurt (Austria), TMU in Tokyo (Japan), HUC ICIMOD (Nepal) and Belgrade University (Serbia)
8 - 13 April 2018
We will be presenting at EGU in beautiful city Vienna, Austria:
1) Using the Icelandic experience on renewable energy production to identify the potential of geothermal and small scale hydropower production in Serbia
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/EGU2018-14988.pdf
2) Estimating the geothermal energy and the hydropower potential of a natural hot spring river in southern Iceland
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/EGU2018-16691.pdf
3) Flood Retention on Private Land in Iceland
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/EGU2018-17029.pdf
4) How do forests influence the stability of the snowpack?
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/EGU2018-13046.pdf
14 February 2018
We present our newest results on turbulence and aerosol monitoring at the IceDust Workshop II in Reykjavik, Iceland: https://icedustblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/icedust-workshop-ii-20182.pdf
24 December 2017
Serbian National Television is reporting on our joint research collaboration between Belgrade University and Reykjavik University:
19 October 2017
Call for abstract for the EGU2018 meeting in Vienna, Austria:
Session SSS9.3: Nature-based solutions to risk reduction of avalanches, landslides, sedimentation and other mass waste events
Session SSS9.11/NH9.18: Urban sustainable development: resilience to environmental problems and natural hazards through eco-engineering solutions (co-organized)
Abstract submission here:
10-12 October 2017
First Finse (Norway) International Snow Workshop with Key note lecturers from Norway, Switzerland, USA and Iceland:
4–8 September 2017
PhD candidate Yang Shu will present our newest results on "The
value of Doppler LiDAR systems to monitor turbulence intensity during storm events in Iceland" at the EMS Annual Meeting 2017, Dublin, Ireland
21 August 2017
Extracurricular Seminar on "Urban Floods" by Prof. Dr. Akira Kawamura (Tokyo Metropolitan University) - A joint research initiative between Tokyo Metropolitan University and Reykjavik
University
https://www.ru.is/tvd/vidburdir/extracurricular-seminar-within-environmental-engineering
26 July 2017
Szent István University (Hungary) and Reykjavik University organize a joint initiative on circular economy, teaching future energy expert sustainable engineering:
17 July 2017
PhD candidate Yang Shu makes the headlines in the People's Daily, China's most popular newspaper:
http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrbhwb/html/2017-07/17/content_1791287.htm
5 May 2017
Presenting environmental models at the annual meeting of Samorka in Akureyri, Iceland
29 April 2017
International Experiences of Renewable Energies Training Course at Szent István University, Hungary
http://egt-newenergy.szie.hu/international-experiences-of-renewable-energies?language=en
23-28 April 2017
We present at the EGU2017 in Vienna, Austria, our work on:
1) Hydro-meteorological risk reduction through land restoration in Rangárvellir, Iceland – an overview of the HydroResilience project; Fri, 28
Apr, 14:30–14:45, Room -2.21
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/EGU2017-4889.pdf
Slides:
http://presentations.copernicus.org/EGU2017-4889_presentation.pdf
2) Incorporating geoethics into environmental engineering lectures – three years of experience from international students visiting Iceland; Wed, 26 Apr, 17:30–19:00, Hall X4
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/EGU2017-4876.pdf
Poster:
http://presentations.copernicus.org/EGU2017-4876_presentation.pdf
3) The value of Doppler LiDAR systems to monitor turbulence intensity during storm events in order to enhance aviation safety in Iceland; Thu,
27 Apr, 17:30–19:00, Hall X5
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/EGU2017-5132.pdf
4) Managing ecological drought and flood within a nature-based approach. Reality or illusion? Fri, 28 Apr, 17:30–19:00, Hall X1
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/EGU2017-6046.pdf
5) Iceland as a demonstrator for a transition to low carbon economy? Mon, 24 Apr, 17:30–19:00, Hall X5
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/EGU2017-18339.pdf
6) Elements patterns of soil and river sediments as a tracer of sediment migration; Tue, 25 Apr, 08:38–08:40, PICO spot 5b
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/EGU2017-422.pdf
3-4 April 2017
Join our environmental modeling workshop within the ESENIAS-Training course in Sofia, Bulgaria:
http://esenias.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=456&catid=52&Itemid=125
2 March 2017
Our snow hydrology workshop near Reykjavik, Iceland, makes the headlines in the local newspaper:
http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2017/03/02/leita_ad_adferd_vid_ad_maela_snjo/
28 February - 2 March 2017
The Agricultural University of Iceland and Reykjavik University are organizing a joint snow hydrology workshop funded by the Cost Action ES1404:
http://costsnow.fmi.fi/index.php?page=28.02%20-%2002.03.2017,%20Reykjavik
7-9 February 2017
Presenting "The Value Of Satellite Retrieved Snow Cover Images To Assess Water Resources And The Hydropower Potentials Of Ungauged Mountain Areas" at the 8th EARSeL Workshop on on Land Ice and
Snow in Bern, Switzerland
http://www.earsel.org/SIG/Snow-Ice/workshop/programme.php
15 December 2016
Students from the Environmental Impact Course will present their projects at Reykjavik University
http://www.ru.is/tvd/vidburdir/environmental-impact-course-final-presentations-1
20 Oct 2016
Call for abstracts at EGU2017 in Vienna are open. Please take a look at the following sessions:
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/session/24767
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/session/23260
and
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/session/23861
6 October 2016
International conference: Minding the future. Bioeconomy in a changing Nordic reality, Reykjavik, Iceland. We will be discussing the importance of sustainable utilization of the living natural resources.
14-16 September 2016
We present our work on invasive species conducted within the ESENIAS Tools project at the NEOBIOTA 2016 - 9th International Conference on Biological Invasions, Vianden, Luxembourg.
31 August 2016
Invited talk at the Earth Environment Symposium at the Metropolitan University of Tokyo, Japan, on "Modelling Hydro-power Systems – case studies from Iceland and Switzerland":
30 August 2016
Join us for an open seminar at RU: Designing and implementing a low carbon economy - Aiming for carbon neutrality in 2050?
http://www.ru.is/tvd/vidburdir/designing-and-implementing-a-low-carbon-economy
22 - 26 August 2016
We present at the SER2016 meeting in Freising, Germany, our project on "Enhancing the resilience of water resources through land restoration in Rangárvellir, Iceland – an overview of the
HydroResilience project"
http://www.ser2016.org/
30 May 2016
Lecture marathon at Reykjavik University, Iceland: Environmental engineering at RU - working towards a more resilient world:
1 May 2016
Land Degradation & Development (LDD; Impact Factor: 8.145) is now accepting abstract for a special issue on "Connectivity in hydrology and sediment dynamics" (deadline for abstracts: 1 June 2016; deadline for papers: 15 December 2016) - more information here:
https://gallery.mailchimp.com/26f15c20d1d501c6422fa7c20/files/SI_advertisement.pdf
17 - 22 April 2016
We present at the EGU2016 in Vienna, Austria, our work on:
1) Monitoring of the invasive diatom Didymosphenia geminata in the
subarctic and in alpine areas of southern Europe:
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/EGU2016-12208.pdf
2) Building up knowledge on resilience of fragile lands in subarctic climate:
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/EGU2016-12433.pdf
slides:
http://presentations.copernicus.org/EGU2016-12433_presentation.pdf
3) Iceland, the Land of Fire and Ice, an ideal place to teach and study earth
sciences:
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/EGU2016-12309.pdf
--> Pictures from the poster presentation taken by Prof. Kawamura (Tokyo Metropolitan University): http://www.comp.tmu.ac.jp/akira/photos/20160419Iceland/catalog.html
4) Increasing the resilience of water and soil resources through successful
restoration of eroded landscapes
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/EGU2016-101.pdf
5) Better models are more effectively connected models
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/EGU2016-7720-1.pdf
31 March 2016
We present the metadatabase on land restoration in fragile lands in subarctic climate at the ES1104 meeting in London, UK (the talk starts at time 1:26:50):
http://gre.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=da5ef706-4921-4874-aa03-4ee09d2537f8
7 March 2016
Our study on Global perspectives on hydrology, society and
change is online:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02626667.2016.1159308
29 Feb - 4 Mar 2016
We present our metadatabase on land restoration in fragile lands in subarctic climate at the ES1306 meeting in Palermo, Italy:
http://connecteur.info/events/palermo/
link to the metadatabase:
5 Nov 2015
Call for abstracts at EGU2016 in Vienna are open. Please take a look at the following sessions:
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/session/21276
and
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/session/20438
5 Nov - 7 Nov 2015
We present first results of our investigations on invasive species in Elliðaár River at the BioIce conference at University of Iceland:
http://esenias.org/files/News_18_IceBio2015_poster_VC_2015_11_04_final.pdf
Link to the conference:
1 Sep - 3 Sep 2015
23 senior scientist and experts from all over Europe come to Iceland to discuss Connectivity research. Thank you for your visit and contribution.
Announcement by the Action:
1 June 2015
PhD-position for a visionary and dynamic individual available: investigating the value of Lidar observations in assessing atmospheric turbulence (deadline 14 July)
http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/jobs/jobDetails/34017735
18 May 2015
We are looking for a young researcher interested in a summer job involving field work and database development: Database development in the River Elliðaár (deadline 14 June)
12 - 17 April 2015
We present at the EGU2015 in Vienna, Austria, our work on:
1) Assessing the hydropower potential of ungauged watersheds in Iceland using hydrological modeling and satellite retrieved snow cover images
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/EGU2015-2644.pdf
2) Impacts of Climate change on the watershed of the hydropower reservoir Gigerwaldsee using hydrological modeling (by S. Etter, former MSc student)
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/EGU2015-2961-1.pdf
Slides:
http://presentations.copernicus.org/EGU2015-2961_presentation.pdf
3) The dynamic and ever-changing volcanic nature of Iceland - An outdoor laboratory for education on natural processes and the human impacts on them (by Þ Petursdottir)
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/EGU2015-13895.pdf
4) Connectivity research in Iceland – using scientific tools to establish sustainable water management strategies
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/EGU2015-2639.pdf
Slides:
http://presentations.copernicus.org/EGU2015-2639_presentation.pdf
1 April 2015
Join our summer school in Iceland for an unforgettable experience of natural forces.
Registration open now (deadline 17 June)!
26 March 2015
Join us for a workshop on "Observing and modelling Connectivity" in September 2015. Registration now open (deadline 1 May)!
24 February 2015
Our study on 'The value of multiple dataset calibration versus model complexity for improving the performance of hydrological models in mountain catchments' is now online:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2014WR015712/abstract
23 February 2015
The Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) and ProClim publish a strategy paper on climate adaptation activities. A valuable document summarizing important research activities in
Switzerland.
http://proclimweb.scnat.ch/portal/ressources/3431.pdf
17 February 2015
Within the EU Cost Action ES1104 we can provide a funded STSM on database development for "land degradation and restoration" to a young researcher. Closing date for applications is 6 March
2015.
http://desertrestorationhub.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Iceland-STSM-proposal.pdf
16 December 2014
Students from the Environmental Impact Course will present their projects at Reykjavik University
21/22 November 2014
Former MSc student S. Etter will present the results of his thesis "Impacts of climate change on the water availability for the hydropower reservoir Gigerwaldsee using hydrological modeling" at the 12th Swiss Geoscience Meeting in Fribourg, Switzerland
9 September 2014
We present our work on "Using satellite snow cover images to enhance performance of snow, glacier and rain runoff projections for hydro power usages" at the International Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium in Reykjavík, Iceland.
http://alaska.usgs.gov/science/geography/CRSS2014/program.php
25 August 2014
We present our idea of water connectivity in Iceland at the Cost Action meeting in Wageningen, Netherlands
http://connecteur.info/wageningen-meeting/posters-wageningen-meeting/
24 June 2014
Our working group "Resilience-based management of natural resources: the fundamental role of water and soil in functional ecosystems" became official part of the IAHS Scientific Decade
2013-2022 "Panta Rhei – Everything Flows":
http://distart119.ing.unibo.it/pantarhei/
29 May 2014
We presented our work on "Using satellite snow cover images to enhance performance of snow, glacier and rain runoff projections for hydro power usages" at a HEPEX Webinar:
http://hepex.irstea.fr/16th-hepex-webinar/
27 April - 2 May 2014
We present at the EGU2014 our work on:
1) The value of data availability and model complexity to improve hydrological modelling:
abstract: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2014
slides: http://presentations.copernicus.org/EGU2014-1122_presentation.pdf
2) Effective Ecological Restoration of Collapsed Ecosystems - Linking Soil, Water and Society
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2014/EGU2014-14744.pdf
9 April 2014
Together with Halldór Björnsson we presented an overview of climate change and its impact on water resources in mountain areas at the Land Restoration Training Program of the United Nation University, Iceland.
15/16 November 2013
We will present our study on the effects of Swiss water protection laws on primary productivity in Swiss lakes at the Swiss Geoscience meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Furthermore, we will also present comparisons of snow- glacier and rain water estimates in mountain streams using hydrological models with different complexity.
August/September 2013
Together with M. Eugster we held a three day GLOBE training course on glacier hydrology, including field investigations on Sardona Glacier, Switzerland.
20. August 2013
Our article on present and future water resources in the surroundings of the Glacier de la Plaine Morte in Switzerland, went online today:
http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/17/3261/2013/hess-17-3261-2013.html
5. August 2013
Our article quantifying the effects of oligotrophication on primary production is available online:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wrcr.20355/abstract
12. June 2013
Together with Austrian and Swiss partners we organized a session on"Water balance and climate change in mountain regions" at the Swiss-Austrian Mounatin Days in Mittersill, Austria:
10. April 2013
We presented our vision on "Preserving and maintaining vital Ecosystem Services: the importance of linking knowledge from Geosciences and social-ecological System analysis" at the EGU2013 meeting in the beautiful city of Vienna, Austria.
23. March 2013
The bernese newspaper reports on our article about tracer experiments on the Plaine Morte Glacier:
6. March 2013
Our study on tracer experiments to identify glacier melt flow path ways in the Swiss Alps was published today in HESSD:
http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci-discuss.net/10/2743/2013/hessd-10-2743-2013.html
4. March 2013
Today is my first working day at the Department of Geography of the University of Zurich, Switzerland.
20. February 2013
Presenting climate change impacts on water resources in mountain regions at the Soil Conservation Services of Iceland:
http://www.land.is/vidhburdhir/fraedhslufundir-2012-2013?layout=edit&id=169
1. January 2013
I am heading for a sabbatical to the 'Soil Conservation Service of Iceland' - Landgræðsla ríkisins - in Gunnarsholti, Iceland
29. October 2012
We present at the International Rhine Conference in Kleve, Germany, the results of our studies on"impacts of climate change on water resources in Switzerland and its implication for the Rhine
river".
http://www.gelderland.nl/eCache/DEF/23168
10. September 2012
The Swiss National Council and the Council of States reject calls for artificial lake fertilization referring to the results of our study:
http://www.parlament.ch/ab/frameset/d/s/4905/386647/d_s_4905_386647_386669.htm
9. August 2012
The main Newspapers from Bern (Berner Zeitung), Zurich (Tagesanzeiger) and Basel (Basler Zeitung) report live from our second tracer experiment on the Plaine Morte Glacier:
Berner Zeitung:
http://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region/thun/Das-Gletscherwasser-fliesst-wieder-farbig/story/17001694
Tagesanzeiger:
http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/wissen/natur/Das-Gletscherwasser-fliesst-wieder-farbig/story/10529798
Basler Zeitung:
http://bazonline.ch/wissen/natur/Das-Gletscherwasser-fliesst-wieder-farbig/story/10529798
5. July 2012
Presenting "Future water resources and hydropower production" within the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Network:
SDC
Network - Climate Change & Environment
29. June 2012
The Bernese newspaper reports on the results of our tracer experiment
June 2012
"Wasser Energie Luft" prints our joint report (hydropower company/academics collaboration) on effects of climate change on hydropower production (in German):
28. June 2012
We presented our study (in preparation) about "Effects of re-oligotrophication on primary production in perialpine lakes" at the SIL-Austria meeting in Krumpendorf near Klagenfurt, Austria:
http://www.kis.ktn.gv.at/259124_DE-SIL_SILMAS-Conference_Contributions
29. May 2012
The University of Bern organized a science slam event. See the contribution about "Is climate research a game of dice?"
https://cast.switch.ch/vod/clips/kdz2jihcj/flash.html
8. April 2012
The Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung publishes a report on our hydro-power study
23. March 2012
We present our study (in preparation) about present and future water flow ways in the surroundings of the Glacier de la Plaine Morte (in German) at the "Tag der Hydrologie" in Freiburg, Germany
29. February 2012
Our work on the value of satellite images to improve hydrological modelling is presented in the "Colloquium in Climatology, Climate Impact and Remote Sensing"
http://events.scnat.ch/proclim/index_de.php?id=16800
16. February 2012
Swiss national television reports a second time on results from the tracer experiment on the Plaine Morte Glacier
http://www.videoportal.sf.tv/video?id=f2fadb78-7405-40ce-ae4b-dbd5f9712974
The same emission reported also on artificial fertilization of Lake Brienz.
http://www.videoportal.sf.tv/video?id=0b701986-b012-4137-b56d-72fa9d37fc7a
2. February 2012
The Bernese newspaper Der Bund reports on fishing yields in Lake Brien.
http://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/Kraftwerke-trueben-den-Brienzersee-im-Winter/story/21390377?track
5. January 2012
Our study on the future of hydro-power in Vispa valley in southern Switzerland is online:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2011WR010733/abstract
The study even made it to the title page of WRR:
21. December 2011
The Swiss federal council comments on demands for artificial fertilization of Lake Brienz located in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland.
http://www.parlament.ch/d/suche/seiten/geschaefte.aspx?gesch_id=20114091
11. - 13. November 2011
We present the results of the tracer experiment on the Plaine Morte Glacier at the 9th Swiss Geoscience Meeting in Zurich, Switzerland (see talk 8.4)
http://geoscience-meeting.scnatweb.ch/sgm2011/abstracts_2011/SGM_2011_Symposium_08.pdf
8. September 2011
Caving News reports on our tracer experiment on the Plaine Morte Glacier
http://cavingnews.com/20110908-new-study-of-switzerlands-plaine-morte-glacier
3. September 2011
The Bernese newspaper Berner Oberländler reports on our tracer experiment on the Plaine Morte Glacier.
http://bo.bernerzeitung.ch/region/Erkenntnisse-ueberraschen-die--Wissenschaftler-/story/24911720
1. September 2011
Swiss national television reports on our tracer experiment on the Plaine Morte Glacier.
http://www.videoportal.sf.tv/video?id=8b441b32-ce13-4496-975b-1a204dc20bd7
12. July 2011
Our study about calibration of hydrological models with satellite snow cover images is online:
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2011/2010WR009824.shtml
1. July - 30. July 2011
The NGO ICIMOD in Nepal invites us to set up a joint research project proposal. The SAFE-KOSHI idea (Strategies to adapt to climate change impacts on freshwater ecosystem services in representative vulnerable small scale watersheds in the Koshi river basin) is initiated and a joint project proposal is elaborated.
2. May 2011
Today is my first working day at the Institute of Geography of the University of Berne, Switzerland. Within this position I will investigate interdisciplinary environmental issues using various modeling concepts. Feel free to contact me for further information.
7. April 2011
We present our study about "Comparison of current and future effects of hydropower operations and climatic forcing on runoff in alpine streams" at the European Geoscience Union in Vienna
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2011/EGU2011-3625-1.pdf
28. November 2010
After two exciting years of investigating how to calibrate distributed, physically based hydrological models, I am looking for new challenges. In particular I am interested in resolving applied limnological and hydrological problems.
8 - 12 March 2010
ICIMOD and ETHZ are hosting a joint workshop on "Snow and Glacier Melt Runoff Modelling in the Indus Basin" with expert from Pakistan and Afghanistan. http://www.icimod.org/?q=651
29. September 2008
I decided to go online. Here is a first version of my new homepage. But most parts are still under construction. Thanks for your visit anyway.
David