ICELAND MOSS.

Some cell-wall constituents of Cetraria islandica ("Iceland Moss").

Sediment-moss interactions on a temperate glacier: Falljökull, Iceland

This paper presents the results of preliminary investigations of globular moss growth on the surface of Falljökull, a temperate outlet glacier of the Vatnajökull ice cap, Southern Iceland. Supraglacial debris has provided a basis for moss colonisation and several large (>500m) patches of moss growth (Racomitrium spp.) are observed on the surface of the glacier. Each area of moss-colonised supra...

Brian Moss

Agriculture disrupts all freshwater systems hugely from their pristine states. The former reductionist concept of pollution was of examining individual effects of particular substances on individual taxa or sub-communities in freshwater systems, an essentially ecotoxicological concept. It is now less useful than a more holistic approach that treats the impacts on the system as a whole and inclu...

Surgery in Iceland.

Icelandic surgeons provide a wide range of modern surgical services with excellent results. How can a nation of fewer than 300,000 persons accomplish this? The main reasons are a thriving economy, a high standard of living and education, and the training of surgeons. All Icelandic surgeons receive their training overseas, many at university hospitals in the other Nordic countries, particularly ...

Iceland plans reigned in

Back in 2000, when the imminent completion of the human genome fired the imagination of many biotech entrepreneurs and the internet bubble had yet to burst, many people were considering the logical next step after the genome. After establishing the three billion letters of DNA code that we all have in common, the hunt was on for the much smaller number of letters that are variable between indiv...