Congrats to the organisers of the 35th Nordic Geological Winter Meeting in Reykjavík, Iceland on a very successful conference! Þorsteinn Sæmundsson, Halld´ór Geirsson, Ásta Rut Hjartardóttir and the company SENA did a really good job in creating not only an interesting meeting but also
The Hiärne prize ceremony was supposed to take place in Uppsala, but due to the current covid-19 situtation, this was turned into an online event by the Swedish Geological Society instead. Erik received his nice diploma per mail and gave a online speech in Swedish,
Pleasant and unexpected news from the Geological Society of Sweden. They have awarded Erik with the Hiärne Prize for his popular science activities. Having followed Erik's career over the past 13 years, I can confirm this prize is well deserved! Besides being very dedicated to
My former PhD supervisor Sigurður Reynir Gíslason (Siggi) was awarded the Order of the Falcon by the President of Iceland in early January 2020. The reason for awarding him was his "scientific achievements within the field of geochemistry and pioneering of carbon sequestration techniques in