Text and photos by Erik Sturkell (and Michelle Parks) This year I made the fieldwork in Iceland around the volcano Askja with support from the metrological office and with funding from the Donation’s Foundation at the University of Gothenburg. In total we were seven persons traveling
Text and photos by Erik Sturkell Between the 8th – 18th of July fieldwork was performed in the Lockne area in Jämtland. It was planned that Gabrielle, Erik and the dogs should join colleague Jens Ormö in Jämtland, but the puppy Becky had stomach problem and therefore couldn’t
Cover photo by Elin Tollefsen, Grønnedal summer 2014 By joint effort, my ex-husband Lars Teken Christensen and I have donated one of the Ivittuut stones brought home from the first IKKA expedition by the University of Copenhagen as a memorial stone for the fallen soldiers at
Thanks to two successful applications, the Ikkaton - Climate Solutions Aps company has now secured funding for two separate CCUS projects. One Grand Solutions of approximately 18 million Danish kroner from the Innovation Fund Denmark (https://innovationsfonden.dk/en), and another grant of approximately nine million Danish kroner
Cover photo by Florian Huber, SUBMARIS 2025 SVT Väst has been to visit us at Natrium, University of Gothenburg. Reporter Kerstin Siwertsson had read the portrait article in GU journalen and was curious to hear more about the IKKA project and how climate change leads to
Marine biologist Lina Rasmusson and I were invited to take part in a webinar at the University of Gothenburg under the framework of Sea & Society Talks. The topic was Ikka Fjord in Greenland and the results of our recently finished NAPA project mentioned in
Our NAPA-funded 3-year IKKA project has now come to an end. We are most grateful for the funding from the Nordic Council of Ministers and Aage V. Jensen's Fond, which enabled us to carry out this project entitled 'The Ikaite columns - past and future,
The final major work on Geologists in movies Featured in the magazine Geology Today: Geologists on the silver screen—the sequel In spring 2026, a new article about geologists in movies got published. The article is in the category “Feature” with the reference: Sturkell, E., Sjöqvist, A., Björklund, L.,
There has been a massive interest in Greenland in recent months, understandably. With my background in Greenland, both as a researcher and as a child living in Nuuk 1978 -1981, I'm more than happy to share my knowledge. Greenland is still like a second home
We are happy and proud to have been part of two science awards granted to students / co-workers collaborating on our science projects. First, a big applause to Luca Smeraglia from the Institute of Geology and Environmental Geoengineering, National Research Council in Rome, Italy who