One comment on the Wikipedia article though, the term "Óð" in old Icelandic is assumed to mean spirit, soul, or even poetry. The Norse god Óður draws his name from the same root but has no immediate connection to Hænir that I'm aware of.
That's exactly right! There's a bit of a tradition emerging of naming "East" Arctic Ocean features after local mythological figures, e.g. Loki's Castle and Svyatogor Ridge.
Það var svo sannarlega mikill heiður að fá að vinna með þessu öfluga rannsóknateymi, sem heldur áfram að vakta þetta mikilfenglega svæði og lærir meira um það í hverjum leiðangri, sem er einstaklega magnað miðað við að þessir leiðangrar hafa verið í gangi í aldarfjórðung.
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Við sytruna fundum við óragrúa af tegundum sem virðast háðar þessu einstöku umhverfi, og greinum frá erfðagögnum sem mér tókst að einangra um borð á meðan leiðangrinum stóð.
Nýjasta grein úr Norður-Íshafs leiðangrinum sem ég tók þátt í sumarið 2024 er loksins komin út!
Þar er sagt frá uppgötvun af áður óþekktri metan sytru (e. methane seep) rétt vestan af Svalbarða. Sytran fær nafnið Hænir, eftir goðinu úr Völuspá sem gaf mönnum Óð.
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A diagram of the life cycle of the seal heart worm. The first few stages of the worm develop in the louse, and then the nematodes move to seals and develop into larger adults. Seal lice are delightfully round, but less delightfully apparently transmit heart worms.
Thing I learned today: Seal Lice vector seal heart worms! I don't know of another louse species that vectors a nematode. Do any other entofriends? www.nature.com/articles/s41...
What is biodiversity? What is genomics? How do they work together to support species monitoring & conservation? 🌍🧬
The #Connections series explores these questions: biodiversitygenomics.eu/category/con...
@unbiodiversity.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social @iboleurope.bsky.social
As the #Biodiversity #Genomics #Europe @biogeneurope.bsky.social project concludes today it is fantastic to see zenodo.org/records/1878... the 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐭 out! A joint effort of the @ergabiodiv.bsky.social and @iboleurope.bsky.social Communities!
Gleðileg jól og þakkir fyrir viðburðaríkt ár! Við hlökkum til alls þess sem 2026 ber í skauti sér.
Mynd tekin af Svanhildi Egilsdóttur.
No molecular evidence for Muller's ratchet in mitochondrial genomes www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12...
Ætli hvort þú sért með húðflúr eða ekki hafi eitthvað með þetta að segja?
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Þetta er búinn að vera svakalegur veikinda vetur hjá mörgum. Var að skoða gögnin frá landlækni í gærkvöld og þetta er sýnileg stigmögnun á inflúensu sýkingum síðasta rúman mánuð.
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Ingibjörg G. Jónsdóttir at @mfri.bsky.social along with her co-authors Jón Sólmundsson, Peter J. Wright, William Butler and Pamela Woods published a paper in the ICES Journal of Marine Science.
The study explores the roles of total egg production and the survival of young fish in their first year.
MFRI is taking part in a large-scale international project on harmful algae > Marine phycotoxins in the Arctic: an emerging climate change risk (PHATE) which is a collaborative project on sustainable development and food security in the Arctic. See more here: www.hafogvatn.is/en/about/new...
🧬 Last Friday we held our first Taxon Sampling SOP “Hackathon”!
Researchers collaborated in real time to develop 17 taxon-specific SOPs that will be shared openly 🍄🌱🐟🪸
Learn more about the Sampling Committee & stay tuned:
www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/samplin...
#sampling @ebpgenome.bsky.social
@icefishresearch.bsky.scial Did you know that the farts of herring almost started a war? 🐟💣
#icefishresearch #didyouknowfacts #herring
Ef þú ert vanur/vön að taka sýni í felti þá hvet ég þig að taka þátt í lausnamóti (hackathon) fyrir sýnatöku leiðbeiningar @ergabiodiv.bsky.social. Mótið fer af stað núna á föstudaginn og stendur yfir frá kl. 9-11 UTC.
Skráningar skilafrestur er kl. 16 í dag.
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The final salmon fry samples of the year were just collected in western Iceland. One year old fry are being sampled for signatures of genetic introgression of aquaculture salmon following an escape event in Patreksfjörður in 2023. Video is from Kjallakstaðaá by Fellsströnd.
@mfri.bsky.social
Síðustu erfðasýnatökur ársins úr laxseiðum eru nú í gangi á Vesturlandi. Verið er að safna eins árs seiðum til að skoða umfang erfðablöndunar í kjölfar stroksins í Kvígindisdal í Patreksfirði 2023. Myndskeið frá Kjallakstaðaá og Tunguá (Galtardalsá) við Fellsströnd.
@mfri.bsky.social
Two new studies led by the University of Iceland in collaboration with the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute uncover hidden stock structure in Northeast Atlantic blue whiting, a key species for ecosystems and fisheries.
More here: hafogvatn.is/en/about/new...
#bluewhiting #marinebiology
Themes and sessions of @wcmb2026.bsky.social - Part 6
Session 1.6: "From Local to Global: scaling national marine biodiversity best practices"
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Stay tuned for more!
@unoceandecade.bsky.social @vliz.be
#WCMB2026 #marinebiodiversity
🎙️ We're excited to welcome Dr. Christina Hvilsom as a keynote speaker at the Genomics for Biodiversity Conference!
Don’t miss her talk “Genomes in Action for Conservation” 🌍
💻 Online & free | 29–31 Oct
🔗 www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/genomic... @biogeneurope.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social
The collective plight of token Icelanders in groups asked to field "is this true" questions about Iceland:
Strikamerkjagreining á hvatbera DNA, einangrað um borð á meðan leiðangri stóð, sýnir pólhverfa útbreiðslu tegundarinnar. Minna en 1% munur sást á milli allra sýnistöku staða, frá Noregshafi alla leið yfir til Kanada.
Mitochondrial barcoding of DNA extracted onboard during the expedition revealed circumpolar connectivity of the species, with intraspecific sequence similarity >99% across all sample sites, from Norwegian water across to Canada.
The first article from last year's expedition on the famous Polarstern that I participated in has been published.
The amphipod species Amathillopsis spinigera was found for the first time during this expedition in the 25 year sampling history of the Fram Strait.
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Fyrsta grein frá leiðangrinum í fyrra á Þýska ísbrjótnum Polarstern sem ég tók þátt í er komin út.
Marflóategundin Amathillopsis spinigera fannst í fyrsta sinn í þessum leiðangri á 25 ára sýnistökuferli um Fram sundið.
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A new paper ‘Key drivers and spatio-temporal variation in the reproductive potential of Icelandic cod’ was published recently in the ICES Journal of Marine Science.
More here: hafogvatn.is/en/about/new... #codresearch #marinebiology #codjuviniles #icelandiccod
Mosquitoes have been found in Iceland. The mosquito species Culiseta annulata has been confirmed in Iceland. It might survive the cold weather in Iceland, at least in Reykjavík.
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Hot of the press #mitochondria paper!! 🎉 @jevbio.bsky.social
New evidence that #mitonuclear discordance and early-life #diet jointly shape development and adult behaviour in #Drosophila. 🪰🦠🧬🍝
@fcamus.bsky.social @dk-dowling.bsky.social et al.,
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