Jökull Journal
Journal of the Iceland Glaciological and Geological Societies
Jökull publishes research papers, notes and review articles concerning all aspects of the Earth Sciences. The journal is primarily aimed at being an international forum for geoscience research in Iceland.
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Volume 75 – March 2026
Latest issue of Jökull Journal
Reviewed research articles
Reviewed research articles, special issue on jökulhlaups
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Lidar measurements of jökulhlaup source areas on Mýrdalsjökull in 2011 and on Hofsjökull in 2013; implications for jökulhlaup dynamics. Tómas Jóhannesson, Joaquín M. C. Belart, Gunnar Sigurðsson and Johann Stötter
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Mid-Holocene jökulhlaups in Jökulsá á Fjöllum, NE-Iceland, correlated to prominent eruption sequence in Bárðarbunga, indicate significant ice cover at 6.3–4.1 ka. Guðrún Larsen, Bergrún Arna Óladóttir, Esther Rut Guðmundsdóttir, Magnús Tumi Guðmundsson and Olgeir Sigmarsson
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Seismic signatures of the 2015–2021 Skaftárkatlar jökulhlaups. Bethany Erin Vanderhoof, Kristin Jónsdóttir, Bryndís Brandsdóttir, Ólafur Gudmundsson, Bergur Einarsson, Jean Soubestre, Ka Lok Li, Eyjólfur Magnússon and Tom Winder
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Jökulhlaup úr Fossadal í Esjufjöllum. Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir, Fanney Ósk Gísladóttir, Gunnar B. Guðmundsson
Reviewed research articles
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Flow of lava into fissures in the rift zones of Iceland. Páll Einarsson, Kristján Sæmundsson, Ásta Rut Hjartardóttir, Sæmundur Ari Halldórsson and Karl Grönvold
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Caldera Lake Öskjuvatn, Iceland: Unexpected ice loss in winter and multidecadal property changes. Jón Ólafsson, Sólveig Rósa Ólafsdóttir, Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir, Árný Erla Sveinbjörnsdóttir and Sveinbjörn Steinþórsson
Society and other reports
- Jöklabreytingar (Glacier variations) 2025. Hrafnhildur Hannesdóttir
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Afkoma íslenskra jökla 2024–2025 (Mass balance measurements). Andri Gunnarsson, Finnur Pálsson, Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson and Skafti Brynjólfsson
- Skýrsla stjórnar fyrir starfsárið (GSI annual report) 2024–2025. Jarðfræðafélag Íslands
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Jökulhlaup úr Hafrafellslóni við Langjökul 2020. Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson
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Ólafur W. Nielsen minningarorð (in memoriam). Helgi Björnsson
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Jökulhlaup úr Hafrafellslóni við Langjökul 2025 . Bergur Einarsson
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Skýrsla stjórnar á aðalfundi (IGS annual report) 2025. Jöklarannsóknafélag Íslands
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Vorferð Jöklarannsóknafélags Íslands (the IGS spring expedition) 2025. Andri Gunnarsson
Recent events
We are very pleased to announce the IGS has decided to award a lifetime Honorary Membership to IGS member Helgi Björnsson.
Please find the full citation on the IGS website https://www.igsoc.org/about/awards/honorary-membership
EISI Extreme Ice Survey Iceland is a follow up project to the global effort by @extremeice to monitor changes of Icelandic glaciers for the next 100s of years. The first repeat photo locations are installed and more to come.
🏔️ News! 🏔️ GLOBAL glacier mass change data now available from #CryoSat
📊 Updates to CryoTEMPO-EOLIS mean we can observe glacier changes in greater detail than ever before
🧊 The glaciers covered include those of Antarctica, Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard, Alaska, the Southern
Our new research 'Evolution and preservation potential of englacial eskers: An example from Breiðamerkurjökull, SE Iceland' has been published. Brilliant work by @Glacial_Lally @QUBGeography @QUBelfast Open Access here:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/esp.5664 #UAV #Glacial #Geomorph #Eskers
#ImageOfTheDay
Múlajökull is a glacial tongue that is part of the Hofsjökull #glacier system in #Iceland 🇮🇸
Its ice margin 🧊 is renowned for its unique geological formations alternating with a series of small lakes 🟦🟩
⬇️#Copernicus #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️ image of 31 May
Cool video from fieldwork at Hofsjökull during this winter!
@WWenban made a 5 minute film from the #DRUMICE research expedition to Iceland in March. You can watch the full video on youtube, but heres a teaser. @down2ice, @peter_tuckett, @emma_c_smith https://youtu.be/YcKz42DuZpw
Thanks to @mef_org, @BSG_Geomorph, @team_aacuk, @sheffieldgeog
First Ann. Glaciol. paper in a long time! "Estimating local surface glacier mass balance from migration of the 1918 Katla eruption tephra layer on Sléttjökull, southern Iceland” by W Hagg, C Mayer, U Münzer, N Barbosa, H-M Schuler, M Staudacher > https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2022.1 @egg_igs
General meeting at IGS yesterday. After annual meeting agenda we got a presentation on the EISI Extreme Ice Survey Iceland)project by Kieran Baxter. EISI is a follow up project to the global effort by @extremeice to monitor changes of Icelandic glaciers.
How will the world’s mountain glaciers and ice caps respond to +1.5, 2, 3, and 4°C of global warming? Learn more from our new @ScienceMagazine study http://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo1324 🧵… #ScienceResearch