Nearly 600 years ago, a massive volcanic eruption sent clouds of sulfurous gas and ash high into the atmosphere. The blast ...

How to predict when Ruapehu might next erupt is an important, but difficult, question. A group of researchers thought: why ...

A 2023 volcanic eruption forced 3,700 residents to flee Grindavík. Now, visitors can join guided tours of the ghost town to witness nature's power first hand.

Nine volcanic eruptions since December 2023 have shaken the Icelandic town of Grindavik and forced residents to repeatedly ...

Buried deep in Greenland's ice sheet lies a puzzling chemical signature that has sparked intense scientific debate.

Scientists were able to use the data from a fiber optic cable and a sensitive measuring device to “image” the Mendocino ...

In late January, something began to stir beneath the idyllic Greek islands of Santorini, Amorgos, and Anafi. These Aegean ...

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, ...

Seismic and land deformation data show that Santorini and Kolumbo draw from the same magma source, complicating eruption forecasts.

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 ...

With its mainland only 25 miles south of the Arctic Circle and located along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge formed from two adjacent tectonic plates, the volcanic island of Iceland resembles the moon and is ...

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 ...