By using a fiber-optic cable to detect tiny vibrations a mile below the surface, scientists discovered a surprising way that ...

For the first time, an international team of researchers has shown that countless tiny ice quakes take place in one of ...

Hundreds of unusual discs unearthed in Denmark are revealing clues into how a Stone Age population responded to a devastating volcanic eruption nearly ... a recognizable image of the sun ...

Iceland's second ... a particularly large-scale eruption—it just produced a lot of fine ash, and the weather pattern was such that it blew in a most inconvenient direction for air traffic.

The Bárðarbunga system, Iceland's largest volcanic zone, has a history of major eruptions, with the 2014–2015 event producing a lava field larger than Manhattan. Experts at the Icelandic ...

Many of these eruptions were preceded by earthquakes with magnitudes somewhere between five and six. Iceland is a particular hotspot for seismic activity because it sits on a tectonic plate ...

Is Iceland on the brink of the next natural disaster? Following a series of violent earthquakes, a possible volcanic eruption is expected at Europe's largest glacier. The local conditions could ...

Credit: Chematierranews, Twitter. Baroarbunga, one of the largest volcanoes in the whole of Iceland, has seen 130 earthquakes shatter its surrounding surfaces in just five hours, leading many to feel ...

Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey HVO said this is the fourth eruptive episode of the ongoing summit eruption at Kilauea ... culminated in a small lava flow observed at about 9 :15 a.m ...

The volcano's most recent eruption — from August 2014 through to February 2015 — was the largest outbreak in Iceland for more than 300 years. The eruption began when a large fissure opened up ...

That eruption created Iceland's biggest basalt lava flow in more than 230 years but caused no injuries or damage. Iceland has seen seven volcanic eruptions in a year near the southwestern fishing ...