The Surtsey Research Society recently published Surtsey Research 16. The publication comprises nine articles written by 24 authors from six different nationalities. Among them are researchers from the University of Iceland, the Agricultural University of Iceland, the Natural Science Institute of Iceland, the Icelandic Met Office, and Reykjavík Botanic Gardens.
Surtsey Research publishes articles in English about research taking place in Surtsey and related topics from other volcanic regions. The first issue was published 60 years ago. The journal was published in print for years; however, the last three issues have been published in electronic format only. Its content includes two articles on the geology of Surtsey, and one focuses on ground deformation in the volcano and a subsidence of 9 cm in total since 2000. The volume also includes an article on soil formation on the island and another on climate, as an automatic weather station was installed there in 2009.
Most of the articles in the volume focus on the development of the biota in Surtsey in recent years. One article discusses the monitoring of the island’s invertebrate fauna from 2007 to 2021, another provides an overview of the colonisation of fungal species to date, a third examines bird life on the island in recent years, and a fourth addresses measurements of chlorophyll in relation to variations in the availability of water and nutrients within the island.
The volume also includes an article on the fern species tongue fern (Ophioglossum vulgatum), which is known from only one location in the world, at Deildartunguhver in Borgarfjörður.
The volume and its individual articles are available on the Surtsey Research Society's website. Earlier volumes in the Surtsey Research series can also be accessed through this link.
