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The IINH undertakes a large number of research and monitoring projects. Many are long-term  projects, but others are narrower in their scope and time frame.

Interdisciplinary research

Merkjárfoss (Gluggafoss) í ánni Merkjá sem fellur ofan í Fljótshlíð milli Hlíðarendakots og Múlakots

Nature Conservation Register of Iceland – The...

Surtsey, séð frá tanganum á norðurenda eyjarinnar.

Surtsey

Gróður brennur á gossvæðinu við Fagradalsfjall.

Wildfires and wildlife

Geology research

Dverghamrar

Geoconservation and documentation of geoheritage

Jarðfræðikort af Austurlandi

Geological maps of Iceland

Viðarvík í Þistilfirði

Glacial and environmental change in Iceland in the...

Drangajökull

The glacial history of the Drangajökull ice cap

Skriða í Hleiðargarðsfjalli í Eyjafirði, við Gilsá I og Gilsá II.

Landslides in Iceland

Séð frá austanverðum Búrfellsjökli yfir á Tjarnhólahnjúk Ytri.

Present-day glaciers on the Tröllaskagi Peninsula...

Hrauntunga ryður sér leið út úr Geldingadölum

Rocks and minerals

Horft frá Hallkelsstaðaheiði yfir Strút og Eiríksjökul. Hafrafell til hægri.

Volcanism in the Western Volcanic Zone

Botany research

Söfnun tildurmosa (Hylocomium splendens) á Mosfellsheiði

Heavy Metals in Mosses

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The impact of climate change on plant life (ITEX)

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Monitoring of grazing lands

Frjógildra á þaki hússins Borga við Norðurslóð á Akureyri

Pollen monitoring

Zoology research

Mórauður refur í Hornvík. Á síðum eru leyfar af vetrarfeldi og í honum er fjallagras og mosi.

Arctic fox population monitoring

Nodosaria haliensis

Benthic invertebrates of Icelandic waters (BioIce)

Merktar margæsir á Bessastöðum, Álftanesi

Bird ringing

Álftir (Cygnus cygnus) á Elliðaárlóni í Reykjavík.

Breeding distribution of Icelandic birds

Dílaskarfur (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Cormorant monitoring

Fálkaungar í hreiðri á Norðausturlandi

Gyrfalcon monitoring

Snjótittlingur (Plectrophenax nivalis)

Mid-Winter Bird Count

Haustfeti (Operophtera brumata)

Monitoring lepidopteran species

Rjúpa (Lagopus muta)

Monitoring of rock ptarmigan population

Rauðhumla (Bombus hypnorum)

New invertebrate colonists

Stálpaður arnarungi fagnar foreldrum sínum

White-tailed eagle monitoring

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