Bardarbunga Volcano Headlines
Several earthquakes have been reported, although they have nothing to do with one another. Earthquakes are common in the area.
1. Cotopaxi. The main event in Ecuador's awe-inspiring Avenue of the Volcanoes, Cotopaxi is the smouldering crown of the Andes. The stratovolcano last ...
The eruption devastated local Maya settlements and caused crop failures around the world.
New research spearheaded by the Icelandic Museum of Natural History suggests that a special breed of walruses lived in and around Iceland millennia ago but ...
Glaciers, ice, and snow are melting at troubling rates in arctic locations all over the world — but none have gotten as much recognition as the Okjökull glacier in ...
Scientists fear all the island country's 400 glaciers will be gone by 2200.
Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 16000 ft (4900 m) ...
Iceland, a land famous for its resplendent waters, glacial scenery, and bubbling hot springs, is not usually top of mind when it comes to breaking speed records.
The smoking harpoon behind the mysterious disappearance of the Icelandic walrus is the timing, archaeologists say: The unique pinniped vanished shortly after ...
Iceland sees more than 2 million visitors a year. We've put together our best tips on what to see, what to pack and how to do it right.
Scientists warn that Mount Hood, an active volcano outside Portland, Ore., lacks adequate monitoring equipment and bureaucratic red tape has left them blind to ...
Seth Moran is worried about Mount Hood. In the 1780s, the volcano rumbled to life with such force that it sent high-speed avalanches of hot rock, gas and ash ...
Aren't we all, really, involved in a search party that's desperately hunting to locate ourselves? I've seen this one making the rounds on Twitter, but The Poke ...
The internet is in hysterics over the story of a tourist who joined a search party to find a missing member of a tour group — without realising she was the missing ...
Iceland is an alluring and beautiful country, with a rich history and plenty of fascinating facts about it that most people don't know!
Smithsonian Channel, a joint venture between the Smithsonian Institute and Showtime, will premiere a new doc on the natural history legacies of volcanoes this ...
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 ...
Down in the icy tunnel, the glacier is sweating. A dozen tourists slip around in the dark, taking selfies and scooping water into bottles from slushy.
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 ...
High-precision airborne measurements, in combination with atmospheric modeling, suggest that the Katla subglacial caldera may be one of the planet's biggest ...
Earth scientists found that a magma body reached the surface after just 10 day's travel time through Earth's crust before it erupted 7000-10500 years ago at ...
In Reykjavik we have 24 hours of daylight in June and about four hours in January. It's one of the cleanest, greenest, and safest cities in the world — a "greening ...
The phenomenon known as "volcano tourism" is both a cause for concern—and to tour companies, an opportunity—that Iceland must contend with.
After delving into the devastation caused by two of the world's most active volcanoes in 2018 – Fuego in Guatemala and Kilauea in Hawaii – in last week's ...
September 13th, 2019 by Carolyn Fortuna. No, Tesla isn't coming to Westeros, oh, Game of Thrones fans. Instead, a real-life land with a history of violent tales of ...
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 Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull made worldwide headlines in 2010 when it erupted ash that was blown towards Europe, so that air traffic was grounded ...
Sakurajima volcano (Japan): news & eruption updates / VolcanoDiscovery.
If we didn't know any better, we would assume these jaw-dropping landscape photographs were the product of Photoshop.
Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Tokyo warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 13000 ft (4000 m) ...
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 ...
HUGE amounts of potentially dangerous methane gas are being released from a glacier connected to Katla volcano - one of Iceland's most active volcanoes.
FlyOver Iceland, the newest flight ride experience by Pursuit, opened its doors to the public providing guests with an exhilarating flight simulation over some of ...
A huge volcano in southern Iceland is belching higher quantities of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere than previously thought, prompting scientists to ...
Cruise ships are well known for being floating havens for holidaymakers, offering a place to get away from the worries of the world and simply relax.
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 ...
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, ...
Each week, staff writer Paul Wood profiles a high-tech difference-maker. This week, meet PATRICIA GREGG, a University of Illinois geologist who is co-author of ...
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 ...
The breathtaking locations in both Iceland and Greenland were captured on camera by photographer Ben Simon Rehn, who soared above them inside a small ...
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 ...
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 ...
Meet the one man who has made every single batch of Reyka vodka by hand for the past 15 years. Thordur Sigurosson, Reyka Master Distiller, never imagined ...
An article from an unidentified newspaper went viral after a photograph of it was circulated on social media.
It is common knowledge to people with even the most cursory knowledge of Iceland that we live on a very geologically active island. Earthquakes are a constant ...
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.
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 ...
A man will appear in court charged with the murder of 21-year-old Bethany Fields.
Scientists have confirmed that Iceland's 2nd deadliest volcano is still very active, despite having remained dormant for more than 250 years. Measurements ...
Scientists are monitoring CO2 released by the Icelandic volcano, which may help predict an eruption more accurately.
NASA has sent a team of researchers and scientists to test a spacesuit inside a volcano in Iceland, because it mimics the polar regions of Mars.
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 ...
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 ...
Our columnist, Sebastian Modak, is visiting each destination on our 52 Places to Go in 2019 list. Before the Azores, he was eating well in the Spanish city and ...
Technology is helping stamp collectors to share their passion and keep rogue operators at bay.
Katla is a surprisingly big emitter of carbon dioxide.
Volcanologist Martin Mangler explains the surprising relevance of volcanoes to London. Volcanoes – enigmatic and magnificent, beautiful and dangerous: true ...
The eruptions in Krafla in North East Iceland, which began in December 1975, were one of the largest volcanic eruption in modern Icelandic history.
The years after 536 CE were characterized by widespread famine and a devastating plague swept across Europe. Scientists believe a powerful volcanic ...
The science of climate change is more than 150 years old and it is probably the most tested area of modern science. However the energy industry, political ...
Vatnajökull glacier, the largest glacier in Iceland and Europe, hides five or six active volcanoes. In addition to Bárðarbunga and Öræfajökull, which have been ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
On top of a wall of blue ice is the outflow of a massive glacier that sits on top of Katla, one of Iceland's most active volcanoes. An intricate system of sensors ...
The Icelandic Met Office has determined that unusual air bubbles in the Kvíárlón lagoon to the southeast of the Öræfajökull volcano neither pose a health hazard ...
The 539 C.E. eruption triggered crop failure, famine, and disease.
A recent study about Katla, a subglacial volcano in Iceland, revealed that despite previous assumptions, Katla emits CO2 at a globally significant level.
Frozen volcanoes in Iceland could start erupting more—especially as glaciers continue to melt. Scientists examined volcanic ash preserved in peat deposits and ...
VIK, Iceland – Sneeze next to the Katla volcano, goes the joke in this Icelandic village, and a seismologist in Reykjavik will analyze the disturbance.
This is what Iceland's most visually resplendent volcanic features look like.
“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.
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 ...
Speculation has been swirling about the glacier-covered volcano in southeast Iceland, but the activity of volcanoes is notoriously difficult to predict.
From dunes in the African desert to icebergs in Greenland, some parts of the world are even more beautiful from a birds-eye view.
A brief but sharp earthquake swarm was detected in Öræfajökull, one of Iceland's most powerful volcanoes shortly before midnight, yesterday Monday.
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 ...
Scientists study new volcanic landforms around the globe to learn how our planet was formed, as well as other planets and moons in the solar system.
Climate change is melting glaciers worldwide. Only we can stop it.
Over 1,000 years ago, Iceland's Eldgjá volcano erupted, sending 4.7 cubic miles of lava across huge swaths of land. But in addition to widespread climate ...
"Oraefajokull is one of the most dangerous volcanos in Iceland. It's a volcano for which we need to be very careful," official says.
Iceland, shaped by the unpredictable violence of volcanoes, glaciers and earthquakes, is the result of 64 million years of continual transformation and rebirth,
The Lava Centre, a new interactive attraction in the shadow of the infamous Eyjafjallajökull volcano, will bring to life the 'fiery heart of Iceland'. Will Coldwell.
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 ...
Located in the heart of Reykjavík, the striking Hallgrímskirkja towers over Iceland's colorful capital. Not only is it visible from almost every corner of the city, ...
Formed roughly 25 million years ago, Iceland is situated where two of the world's biggest tectonic plates, the Eurasian and North American, literally pull apart in ...
Several earthquakes have been recorded at Bárðarbunga on the Öræfajökull glacier volcano in the last few days. On Oct. 1, two quakes were recorded.
THE eruption of Iceland's Eldgja volcano could be the key to uncovering a shocking discovery which will forever change the history of Iceland, scientists have ...
Iceland has thirty volcanoes and a long history of eruptions. The substrata of the country is constantly rebuilding itself from magma flows deep underground.
Iceland has issued a red alert to aviation after indications of a possible eruption under the country's biggest glacier, the Vattnajokull. The Icelandic Met Office ...
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 ...
According to Páll Einarsson, geophysicist at the geological science department of the University of Iceland believes that there are evident signs that some of ...
Many of the complex intricacies that cause volcanic lightning are still mysteries to researchers.
Could another Icelandic volcano cause Eyjafjallajökull-style disruption for air travel?
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An Edinburgh scientist warns not enough is known about predicting major volcanic eruptions.
No matter your ability, there are intrepid experiences to be had across the world, whether it's making a splash on home shores or fending for yourself in the ...
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 ...
Visitors to Iceland's volcanoes are ignoring the rules, many to get the perfect selfie.