A new China-Iceland Arctic science observatory is already expanding its focus

Launched as an aurora observatory, the facility already has plans to incorporate other areas of study.

By Melody Schreiber October 31, 2018
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It began as an aurora observatory — a place to improve atmospheric observations and space science in northern Iceland, at a rural outpost an hour or so from Akureyri. But it soon became a much more ambitious Arctic research facility.

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