Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir

  • A local resident watch smoke billow as the lava colour the night sky orange from an volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula 3 km north of Grindavik, western Iceland on December 18, 2023. A volcanic eruption began on Monday night in Iceland, south of the capital Reykjavik, following an earthquake swarm, Iceland’s Meteorological Office reported. (Photo by Kristin Elisabet Gunnarsdottir / AFP) (Photo by KRISTIN ELISABET GUNNARSDOTTIR/AFP via Getty Images)Environment

    A volcano just erupted in Iceland that’s threatening the country’s prime tourist attraction—the spectacular Blue Lagoon

    By Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir and Bloomberg
  • People across Iceland gather during the women’s strike in Reykjavik, Iceland, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. Iceland’s prime minister and women across the island nation are on strike to push for an end to unequal pay and gender-based violence. (AP Photo/Arni Torfason)

    Icelandic women strike for parity in what is the world’s most gender equal society: ‘There is still a long way to go’

    By Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir and Bloomberg
  • Icelandic startup looks to turn greenhouse gas into stoneEnvironment

    This startup has unlocked a novel way to capture carbon—by turning the fouling gas into rocks

    By Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir, Akshat Rathi, and others
  • People sit in the “Kaldi” bar in Reykjavik, on February 11, 2021 amid the ongoing novel coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. Iceland boasts Europe’s lowest Covid incidence rate.Health

    Iceland wants Pfizer to conduct a nationwide COVID-19 study. There’s just one problem: it has too few cases.

    By Kristen V. Brown, Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir, and others