Soar above the dramatic landscapes of the Reykjanes Peninsula with this breathtaking drone footage. Watch as molten lava ...

Iceland is a place where the impossible becomes real,a land forged by fire and ice, where nature sculpts otherworldly scenes ...

If the U.S. could tap into just 2 percent of the geothermal power beneath Earth’s crust, it could supply more than 2,000 times our total annual energy consumption.

In subsequent events, automated systems detected warning signs and sent alerts to Iceland’s Meteorological Office more than 20 minutes before eruptions began. Li emphasizes that this breakthrough ...

A volcano erupted to the south of Iceland's capital on Tuesday, spewing lava and smoke in a fiery display of orange and red that triggered the evacuation of tourists and residents, although air ...

The crater was formed when Askja, a volcano in Vatnajokull National Park in Iceland’s central highlands, uncorked in an explosive eruption in 1875. Askja’s last eruption, in 1961, was milder ...

Earth scientists are working to determine the course of future lava flows in Iceland’s southwestern corner one bucketful at a time. Lava from the April 2024 eruptions in the Svartsengi area of ...

To experience a volcanic eruption is to witness nature’s raw power. If you would like to see one for yourself, Iceland is a great location for it. Since 2021, seven eruptions have taken place along ...

Volcano tourists ventured to the 2022 Meradalir eruption to witness one of Earth's greatest natural spectacles. (S. Kelly/SIO) What makes Iceland so volcanically active? Iceland is a unique place on ...

Iceland lies on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Here, new North American and Eurasian plate forms at roughly 1 centimeter a year on either side of the ridge. James Day/SIO modified from Google Earth.

Although the Reykjanes Peninsula hosts a series of volcanoes that have been periodically active over the last 4,000 years, they have been dormant for over 800 years. So the first eruption in March ...