Seen in Iceland’s Vatnajökull Park, these formations blur the line between glacier melt and volcanic terrain.

Iceland's national broadcaster has announced it will boycott next year's Eurovision Song Contest due to discord over Israel's ...

On an afternoon in late October, I was supposed to meet Laura Alice Watt for coffee in the vicinity of Dyrafjordur, a fjord ...

Iceland is a country in a constant state of transformation, reshaped by ongoing volcanic eruptions, erosion, and shifting ice. And in October, a newly-formed ice cave was discovered on Langjökull, the ...

One of the world's most active volcanoes, Mount Etna, erupted on Sunday—spewing lava and clouds of ash high over the Mediterranean island of Sicily. This image, captured on 13 November by the ...

Iceland was one of the only mosquito-free places in the world, at least according to its records. Not anymore. By Amelia Nierenberg Iceland lost the distinction this month of being one of the last ...

Grindavik, Iceland — 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 ...

About sixty million years ago, the Icelandic mantle plume—a fountain of hot rock that rises from Earth’s core-mantle boundary—unleashed volcanic activity across a vast area of the North Atlantic, ...

Scientists are flocking to Iceland to investigate an increasingly crucial question: Will melting glaciers accelerate and intensify earthquakes and volcanic eruptions? William Brangham reports. PBS ...

Of the 30 volcanic systems on Iceland, four are currently active, says Magnús Tumi Gudmundsson, professor of geophysics at the University of Iceland. These magma-spewing mounds are responsible for 80 ...