Earth’s largest volcanic system, hidden in mountain chains under the sea, has long been assumed to erupt only quietly. The ...

An underwater volcano in the Pacific, Axial Seamount, reveals a process that could challenge current theories about the Earth ...

New research from the University of St Andrews has precisely dated an eruption from Newberry Volcano and discovered that its ...

It was forged by fiery underwater explosions. Today, it’s a “natural laboratory” for researchers and tourists are banned ...

With terrain shaped by volcanic eruptions and shifting tectonic plates, and surrounding waters filled with glaciers, icebergs ...

The striking waters of the Blue Lagoon — like electric-blue milk, billowing with steam and lapping against burnt-black volcanic rock — are among Iceland’s most iconic sights. The spa sits on a lava ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland -- Hardened lava crunches under your boots. Pungent sulphur fumes shroud the bizarre black landscape. Warm, sometimes scalding steam rises from fissures in the igneous rock. Here at ...

Why it's incredible: The volcano hosts the world's only magma chamber that's accessible to humans. Thríhnúkagígur is a dormant volcano near Reykjavík whose last eruption 4,500 years ago left a hollow ...

Around the world, volcanologists are following the path of magma as it travels between connected volcanoes, in an effort that could lead to improved eruption forecasts. In the summer of 1912, word ...

Helgi Hjorleifsson, a firefighter, is a leader in a national experiment to steer rivers of lava away from important sites. Some called it crazy, but it worked. By Amelia Nierenberg and Egill Bjarnason ...

A powerful swarm of earthquakes in January suggested one of Iceland’s giant “ice volcanoes” may be awakening after a decade of slumber. In the months that followed, more earthquakes have rocked 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 ...