Iceland is home to the Vatnajökull ice cap, Europe's largest glacier, which also boasts active volcanoes, a glacial lagoon, and a "diamond" beach.

Eruptions from volcanic arcs, found where tectonic plates converge, are one of the major drivers of natural carbon emissions, ...

Much of the volcanic landscape that defines Iceland lies inland and requires deliberate exploration ashore. This is how to ...

The island’s concentration of natural resource wealth is tied to its hugely varied geological history over four billion years ...

Let’s get the obvious thing out of the way first, shall we? There may never have been a better week in the history of the modern world — or at ...

Greenland, the largest island on Earth, possesses some of the richest stores of natural resources anywhere in the world.

In the United States, you can explore glaciers in areas such as Glacier National Park in Montana, Denali National Park in Alaska, and a handful of other locations in the northwestern portion of the ...

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Vignir Kristinsson smiles as two women, the only customers all morning, enter his gift shop filled with handmade things of oak. After perusing decorations ranging from ...

Vignir Kristinsson smiles as two women, the only customers all morning, enter his gift shop filled with handmade things of oak. After perusing decorations ranging from animals to kitchen cutting ...