"There has been a positive change in Iceland as general interest and observation of whales has increased, both among tourists who sometimes come to Iceland for the sole purpose of seeing whales, but also among Icelanders themselves. We believe that there is opportunity in this increased interest to recruit the general public," says Edda Elísabet Magnúsdóttir, post-doc in biology at the University of Iceland and project manager of WhaleBase. She has, along with computer scientists and other biologists, developed a new website on whales with the aim to engaging both specialists and the public all around Iceland to gather better data on whale migration.

Almost 40 Master's students in clinical psychology are now working for the Student Psychology Clinic, providing psychological counselling services in the midst of the COVID-19 epidemic. The director of the Clinic says that demand for the services has grown considerably over the last weeks.

The Student Psychology Clinic has been run by the University of Iceland Faculty of Psychology since 2013. The Clinic trains postgraduate psychology students in clinical work, as well as providing University students and their children with psychological services. The Student Psychology Clinic diagnoses and treats various psychological problems.