The country's fiery liquid landscape shifts, on a massive scale. By Michael Dumiak Kristín Jóhannsdóttir woke at two in the ...

When glaciers and ice sheets melt, they can destabilize slopes and reactivate faults, which in turn can trigger landslides ...

There are roughly two dozen or so volcanoes in a state of “unrest” or erupting somewhere on the planet. 2025 has been no ...

Bárðarbunga - the second-largest volcano in the country - has been hit with a swarm of 130 earthquakes within just five hours ...

More than 130 earthquakes were registered Tuesday at Iceland's large Bardarbunga volcano, a possible precursor to an eruption among the several scenarios being considered, the Icelandic meteorological ...

features and stories on the Nordic island nation of Iceland between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. Located on a rift between tectonic plates, it is well known for its geysers and volcanic ...

Night - Partly cloudy with a 51% chance of precipitation. Winds from E to ESE at 6 to 7 mph (9.7 to 11.3 kph). The overnight low will be 39 °F (3.9 °C). Mostly sunny with a high of 55 °F (12.8 ...

It offers wake-up calls when the northern lights appear! Say hello to one of Iceland’s smallest hotels! Volcano Hotel is a country hotel located in the southernmost part of Iceland. It’s not far from ...

Everyone knows about Iceland’s dramatic natural beauty—from the cascading waterfalls thundering down the jagged mountain cliffs to the vibrant, colorful dancing auroras illuminating the Arctic ...

Zumberge and others draw on a network of sensors that map every tremor and change in ground tilt. “At Axial, we don’t have to worry about false alarms,” said Chadwick. Thanks to these tools, false ...

Thousands of civilians in a remote part of northeastern Ethiopia are being evacuated after potentially dangerous volcanic activity, officials said Friday. The evacuations come after steam ...

The volcano responsible for the 1831 eruption was very remote, yet it had a significant global impact on the climate ... as it allows scientists to map and monitor the regions on Earth most ...