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

At the end of the last Ice Age, around 10,000 years ago, the melting of massive glaciers may have done more than just raise ...

The Atlantic Ocean has been widening for hundreds of millions of years, but its growth may have briefly gone into overdrive ...

How to unlock Iceland’s magical landscape - Amid dramatic volcanoes, steaming lava fields and glacial lagoons, a new ...

Around 10,000 years ago, as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading ...

Seismic activity persists at Mount Spurr, which scientists said could mean the Alaska volcano is poised for a possible ...

Foreign Office advice stops well short of advising against travel to Iceland, meaning holiday companies can continue to ...

Despite the catastrophic potential, the likelihood of a Yellowstone supereruption remains very low. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) estimates the annual probability of such an event at ...

When Maureen Long talks to the public about her work, she likes to ask her audience to close their eyes and think of a ...

A volcano erupted south of Iceland's capital, Reykjavik ... "As long as significant seismic activity and deformation continue, there remains a possibility that magma could reach the surface again in ...

Iceland’s government built the protective ... s 4000 residents left in a mass evacuation due to the dangers of volcanic activity. About 40 homes are still registered as occupied, and despite ...

GRINDAVIK: A volcano in southwestern Iceland that has erupted repeatedly for more than a year again belched lava and smoke into the air on Tuesday, just hours after authorities evacuated the few ...