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Back in 2013, Tamu Massif -- a giant underwater volcano off the coast of Japan -- stole Hawaii's crown as the largest single volcano in the world. But it's not a ...
Wonderful, unusual vistas await you at these places, some of the world's most stunning volcanic landscapes.
Water, ice and fire: Iceland's Vatnajökull National Park bids for @UNESCO #WorldHeritage status as its glaciers retreat rapidly from climate change (Source: ...
Fifty-metre [164 ft] high cliffs have emerged to the west of Grímsvötn volcano in southeast Iceland after having been covered by the Vatnajökull glacier for fifty ...
Iceland was steamy long before Jon Snow and Ygritte found their love cave in "Game of Thrones." Rick Steves takes you on a tour of geothermal sites.
Given the tourism onslaught in Iceland the last few years, both for its majestic, ethereal scenery and its “Game of Thrones” locations, it's necessary to get good ...
The tales of heroes and feuding families in Iceland's chronicles inspire this countrywide walking, hitchhiking and camping trip. Nicholas Jubber. Sun 16 Jun ...
On the initiative of Iceland, a country that most Filipinos have not heard much about, the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) the other day passed a resolution ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) Volcanoes along the Aleutian chain, hot springs in the interior and the Southeast. these are Alaska's three main geothermal ...
Iceland, shaped by the unpredictable violence of volcanoes, glaciers and earthquakes, is the result of 64 million years of continual transformation and rebirth,
Vatnajökull National Park, the scene of nearly every fun thing to do in Iceland, is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, according to an announcement from the ...
Quakes detected near: Amiata (1 quake mag 1.4), Askja (3 quakes between mag 0.9-1.0), Clear Lake (20 quakes between mag 0.6-1.5), Coso (3 quakes ...
A computer vision engineer by day and photographer by night, I never take the path most traveled, especially when it comes to imaging technology. Thermal ...
Shaped by volcanoes and surrounded by lava fields, the park is also home to the largest glacier in Europe, after which it is named.
I was jolted awake by another violent gust of wind; the driver mumbled an apology as he struggled to keep the van on the.
Date & time: Mon, 24 Jun 13:09:10 UTC Magnitude: 4.2. Depth: 10.0 km. Epicenter latitude / longitude: 64.63°N / 17.9°W (Iceland) Nearest volcano: ...
Chris Harris was very clear about the job descriptions on Top Gear (BBC Two).
An enormous volcanic eruption on Iceland in 1783-84 did not cause an extreme summer heat wave in Europe. But, as Benjamin Franklin speculated, the ...
Despite screaming headlines in the British tabloids and even the Sunday Times, there is no sign that Iceland's Katla volcano will erupt any time soon, scientists ...
Tracing a circular path around Iceland, the students in Alain Plante's Penn Global Seminar saw firsthand the nation's unique geology, culture, politics, energy, ...
Quakes detected near: Askja (2 quakes between mag 0.6-1.4), Clear Lake (52 quakes between mag 0.3-3.2), El Hierro (1 quake mag 2.9), Eyafjallajökull (1 ...
Is tourism killing Iceland? Going by recent media reports, it would be easy to assume the country made famous by Eyjafjallajökull and Game of Thrones has ...
Earth's magnetic field protects and makes our planet habitable by stopping harmful high-energy particles from space, including from the Sun. The source of this ...
Following the 1783-84 eruption of the Laki volcano on Iceland, Benjamin Franklin speculated on its effects on the climate. A new study shows he was right.
The phenomenon known as "volcano tourism" is both a cause for concern—and to tour companies, an opportunity—that Iceland must contend with.
High-precision airborne measurements, in combination with atmospheric modeling, suggest that the Katla subglacial caldera may be one of the planet's biggest ...
Earth's magnetic field protects and makes our planet habitable by stopping harmful high-energy particles from space, including from the Sun. The source of this ...
Six years ago, Auburn native Meredith Powell's mother, Dianne, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma. This August, Powell will participate in a hike of a lifetime ...
A strange seismic event off the coast of Africa has led scientists to a mighty finding: the discovery of the largest underwater volcanic eruption ever recorded.
The Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull made worldwide headlines in 2010 when it erupted ash that was blown towards Europe, so that air traffic was grounded ...
Design practice Studio Precht teamed up with tiny-house startup Baumbau to design Bert, a tiny modular treehouse that's expected to hit the market in spring.
Katla volcano has been a point of interest in recent weeks due to the release of a scientific paper revealing how much carbon dioxide is being produced by the ...
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Half a century on, and experts believe we'll soon be able to book commercial space flights.
A huge volcano in southern Iceland is belching higher quantities of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere than previously thought, prompting scientists to ...
A Lyndonville man and local pastor will hike through "fire and ice" next month to raise money for the fight against multiple myeloma, a cancer that targets white ...
Katla is a surprisingly big emitter of carbon dioxide.
HUGE amounts of potentially dangerous methane gas are being released from a glacier connected to Katla volcano - one of Iceland's most active volcanoes.
On 20 March 2010, after months of heightened seismic activity, a volcanic eruption on the Fimmvörðuháls Pass opened a 500-metre fissure in the Southern ...
Earth's magnetic field protects and makes our planet habitable by stopping harmful high-energy particles from space, including from the Sun. The source of this ...
For businesses across the world, branding plays a crucial role in public perception and airlines are no different. One of the most prominent pieces of an.
Today marks the nine-year-anniversary of Eyjafjallajökull's mighty 2010 eruption, an explosion that created an ash plume so large that much of mainland ...
Katla, a giant volcano hidden beneath the ice cap of Mýrdalsjökull glacier, is busy filling its magma chambers, new research confirms. An eruption in Katla would ...
It's time to celebrate. To be fair, it's always time to celebrate. But today it's time to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the last major eruption of Iceland's beloved ...
Every year, natural and cultural landmarks from around the world are singled out for their "outstanding universal value" to humanity. Unesco's World Heritage ...
Last night, a powerful earthquake hit the Isle of Surtsey, a part of the South Coast's Vestmannaeyjar islands. The 3.4 magnitude quake struck at 1.42 AM.
Extreme weather in the 18th century was thought to be caused by a volcanic eruption, but new evidence suggests otherwise.
A planned project will drill into a magma reservoir in Iceland that has never erupted to the surface, giving scientists a *fresh* look at Earth's underground “plumbing ...
A new model of the Laki eruption in Iceland suggests that normal climate variability was to blame for the anomalously warm summer.
UNESCO has added 29 sites to its list of World Heritage sites around the world, from iconic American architecture, to an ancient city in Iraq, to some of the ...
Huge amounts of methane are being released from a glacier connected to Katla—one of Iceland's largest and most active volcanoes. Researchers found that up ...
Harvard historian, Michael McCormick, asserts that the year 536 AD was the worst year to be alive in human history, and the catalyst for a century-long spell of ...
The years after 536 CE were characterized by widespread famine and a devastating plague swept across Europe. Scientists believe a powerful volcanic ...
The massive volcanic eruption that happened in Iceland in 1984 might have caused the unusually colder winter, new studies say.
The volcano is continuing to show signs of unrest. Over the past months, elevated numbers of small earthquakes have continued to occur beneath the ...
Iceland is one of the most volcanically active countries on earth, its high level of activity a consequence of sitting upon a hotspot known as a deep mantle plume.
Scientists are monitoring CO2 released by the Icelandic volcano, which may help predict an eruption more accurately.
A cluster of volcanic eruptions in the 6th century may have been responsible for what is being called " the worst year to be alive" in human history.
The eruptions in Krafla in North East Iceland, which began in December 1975, were one of the largest volcanic eruption in modern Icelandic history.
Seismometers near Iceland's Bárðarbunga volcanic system pinpointed thousands of earthquakes in 2014–2015, revealing where molten rock was moving ...
A strong earthquake swarm was detected in the central caldera of the monster volcano Bárðarbunga shortly after six this morning. The most powerful quake was ...
Speculation has been swirling about the glacier-covered volcano in southeast Iceland, but the activity of volcanoes is notoriously difficult to predict.
Iceland's Bárðarbunga volcano system was racked by four large earthquakes at the end of October. The rumbles, reported as magnitudes 3.9, 3.2, 4.7, and 4.7, ...
“It's like the lottery. If you make it up here you're lucky” my guide tells me, his eyelashes clumping with ice as we shelter behind the bulk of a Snowcat.
You might think that the experiences of an Icelandic chef whose ingredients are largely limited to what he can forage or grow on a wet, wind-whipped island in ...
Graduate students explored a crater in the Canyon de Chelly National Monument in northeastern Arizona last fall. (Courtesy of the Lunar and Planetary ...
Visitors to Iceland's volcanoes are ignoring the rules, many to get the perfect selfie.
Other additions include ancient metallurgy sites in Burkina Faso, Iceland's Vatnajökull National Park and eight buildings designed by Frank LLoyd Wright.
A powerful earthquake measuring 4.8 occurred on the northern rim of the Bárðarbunga volcano in the early hours of Friday morning, RÚV reports. The initial ...
Vatnajökull glacier, the largest glacier in Iceland and Europe, hides five or six active volcanoes. In addition to Bárðarbunga and Öræfajökull, which have been ...
Situated under south Iceland's Mýrdalsjökull glacier, Katla is among the world's fiercest and most active volcanos. Of all the volcanoes in Iceland, this is the one ...
A brief but sharp earthquake swarm was detected in Öræfajökull, one of Iceland's most powerful volcanoes shortly before midnight, yesterday Monday.
... * The 43rd Summit of the United Nations World Heritage Organisation continued until July 10 and finalised seven places to add to their list. Raana Kanwal.
The way things are evolving, in twenty years we might (but probably won't) be able to vacation on the moon. Of course, that would be epic, but in the meantime ...
Geologists are closely monitoring Iceland's biggest volcano after a string of recent activity. The earthquake activity is often a telltale sign that the volcano is ...
Elephant Rock in Iceland is a volcanic rock formation that looks just like an elephant dipping its trunk in the water.
In the heart of Iceland's volcano country, 21st-century alchemists are transforming carbon dioxide into rock for eternity, cleaning the air of harmful emissions that ...
An Edinburgh scientist warns not enough is known about predicting major volcanic eruptions.
To create reconstructions of dramatic events on Mars, Venus and Pluto, the team behind BBC Two's The Planets needed to find otherworldly landscapes here on ...
Katla volcano (Southern Iceland): news & activity updates / VolcanoDiscovery.
The ninth plague of Egypt was complete darkness that lasted for three days. But in 536 A.D., much of the world went dark for a full 18 months, as a mysterious fog ...
Studying radon's role in the electrification of plumes above volcanoes could help people anticipate the damage resulting from eruptions, scientists say.
From glacial lagoons to volcanic caves, fill out your Iceland bucket list with these stunning destinations.
The world has almost doubled its energy consumption since 1980. While renewable energy resources such as solar and wind power are getting cheaper to ...
This is what Iceland's most visually resplendent volcanic features look like.
A recent study about Katla, a subglacial volcano in Iceland, revealed that despite previous assumptions, Katla emits CO2 at a globally significant level.
Volcanoes have a long and storied history of altering the course of art and human culture.
A strong earthquake swarm hit the monster volcano Bárðarbunga late yesterday evening, Monday. Two separate 4+ earthquakes, including a 4.6 magnitude ...
Several relatively strong earthquakes have been detected in one of the most powerful volcanoes in Iceland sinc yesterday. A total of 15 quakes have been ...
Volcanologists have developed a method and camera that could help reduce the dangers, health risks and travel impacts of ash plumes during a volcanic ...
Scientists around the world are collaborating to monitor volcanic activity and better inform governments on preparing for the next major eruption.
In 536 CE, a titanic eruption covered Europe in a cloud. A new collaboration between scientists and historians shows what that meant, the rich possibilities of ...
Fjaðrárgljúfur closed off to protect it from fans after it starred in pop star's video.
What is the meaning of Hekla? You've probably heard of Iceland's most famous volcano, but the answer to what its name means can be found on the website of ...
Thrill-seeking tourists are putting themselves in danger and hampering emergency services by heading towards volcanoes when they erupt. A report from the ...
Many of the complex intricacies that cause volcanic lightning are still mysteries to researchers.
This September, almost 100 years after Katla's last eruption, a particularly volcanic piece of history is brought back to life. Fittingly located in the middle of the ...
Hekla volcano, South Iceland, is a great tourist attraction. But hiking up the mountain comes with a risk, as outdoor enthusiast Einar Skúlason points out on in an ...
Several earthquakes have been recorded at Bárðarbunga on the Öræfajökull glacier volcano in the last few days. On Oct. 1, two quakes were recorded.
Researchers have recently been able to piece together details that could help tell the story of how a massive volcanic eruption in 939 CE shifted culture and ...
A sharp earthquake swarm was detected in the Bárðarbunga caldera early morning today, Monday. A 3.0 magnitude quake, with an epicenter 7.6 km (4.7 mi) ...