It had been dormant for 800 years, but in March 2021, the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland came to life. While the eruption ...

Iceland gets its nickname, “the Land of Fire and Ice,” from the volcanoes and glaciers dotted around the island. For several ...

For a pilot, the first signs of flying into an ash cloud can include sudden darkness, fluctuating airspeed, and landing ...

It was a nice, sunny, blue-sky spring morning on April 22 as the OMOTM made their way to Chris’s Chuck Wagon Diner for breakfast.

Iceland is situated on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and a geologic hotspot, and is home to over thirty volcanoes. Before 2021, the ...

Chinese researchers traced 2023 Icelandic volcanic emissions to Arctic smog, showing 80% of Ny-Ålesund’s sulfur dioxide came from the eruption. A research team led by Professors Si Fuqi and Yuhan Luo ...

Geological evidence off the coast of Iceland suggests climate change as a key factor in the decline of the Roman Empire.

The tropics, where biodiversity and interactions among species abound, provide an alternative view of relationships between ...

The last time I wrote an article here, it was to talk about Afar Region volcanoes, and I promised more to come. This is still a project that I have in mind, but that will have to wait a little ...

In 2024, a cutting-edge sensing technology was deployed on a densely populated and volcanically active region in Iceland.

The Reykjanes Peninsula at Iceland's southwestern edge is one of the country's most populated regions, and it is also one of ...

New research suggests melting ice sheets are warming global temperatures which may speed up continental drift, creating ...