Many of the complex intricacies that cause volcanic lightning are still mysteries to researchers.

Icelanders generally responded well to evacuation guidelines when the volcano Eyjafjallajökull erupted in 2010 and caused widespread disruption to ...

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Living in Reykjavík, it's quite easy to get caught up in the routine of city life, and forget that this town is just a tiny dot on a coast of an island that's full of ...

Scientists have warned that a huge volcano in Iceland is about to erupt, dwarfing the explosion that disrupted air travel across the world eight years ago. Katla ...

When Eyjafjallajökull volcano erupted explosively in 2010, it shut down all aviation across the North Atlantic for one week. The dispersal of the ash cloud led to ...

The glacier volcano Eyjafjallajökull became notorious in 2010 after a sudden and violent eruption, causing havoc to European air traffic and stumping television ...

Top Gear writes about the VW Amarok pickup modified by Arctic Trucks.

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 ...

Last week a group of 30 local hikers conquered the summit of Eyjafjallajökull glacier in South Iceland on mountain skis. After having conquered the top of the ...

The Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull made worldwide headlines in 2010 when it erupted ash that was blown towards Europe, so that air traffic was grounded ...

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Ever wanted to know why Iceland's volcanoes can cause so much trouble for air travel, or why the 2010 eruption came as a surprise to experts all over the planet ...

The worst year in history has been revealed, featuring a volcanic eruption which led to widespread starvation and an outbreak of the bubonic plague.

Tackling the world's gnarliest weather? You'll need a skinny latte, then. Ollie Kew. 15 Jan 2019. Facebook · Twitter · Google+ · WhatsApp · Mailto · Copy link.

A huge volcano in Iceland is predicted to erupt at any time with experts believing the fall out will be greater than a similar eruption back in 2010 which caused ...

Volcanologists have developed a method and camera that could help reduce the dangers, health risks and travel impacts of ash plumes during a volcanic ...

A peek into the roots of the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland earlier this year that disrupted flights across Europe could shed light on the ...

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 ...

For people living in the tiny town of Vik, in the shadow of one of Iceland's biggest volcanoes, the threat of an long-overdue violent eruption is part of normal life.

It is too early to say whether the enormous CO2 emissions from the monster volcano Katla are an indication of an imminent eruption, a geophysicist at the ...

Locals describe volcano's eruption, leaving them evacuated and homeless.

The BBC's Matt Cole asks how those living near the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland have been affected since March's eruption.

Fears that volcano eruptions in Iceland are set to regularly disrupt air travel are being tempered by a new study into the frequency of such events.

The prolonged eruption of the glacier volcano Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland in 2010 released 250 million tons of ash, exposing residents to dangerous levels of the ...

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.

The power and wrath of Eyjafjallajökull came into dramatic clarity this weekend as the clouds parted for the first time since the glacier-topped volcano threw ...

The Eyjafjallajökull volcano has erupted anew, this time under a glacier, triggering floods and forcing hundreds to evacuate.

Crystals from the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption have demonstrated a new way to recognise pre-eruption signals at Eyjafjallajökull and potentially other, similar ...

The Icelandic volcano disrupting air traffic for weeks is showing a marked drop in activity, new findings suggest.

Four years after an Icelandic volcano grounded Europe's air traffic, Kate Ravilious wonders if the worst is yet to happen.

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 ...

The “seismic swarm” of thousands of earthquakes that's been rattling the Icelandic highlands for the past few days is getting worse. A 4.5 magnitude quake on ...

The latest Star Wars movie, The Force Awakens, was premiered last night. Fans in Iceland, as everywhere, were overjoyed to see this latest chapter in the saga.

Iceland, a small North Atlantic island of 335,000 inhabitants, has become the latest destination for travellers looking for stunning scenery. By the end of 2017, ...

How do you pronounce Eyjafjallajökull anyway? From Ptuj to Chao Phraya and Park Güell, these are some of the common cities and landmarks that native ...

Thousands of flights canceled across Europe. Tens of thousands of air travelers who can't get where they want to go. A plume of ash spreading across ...

After more than three weeks of fiery, crowd-pleasing fountains, a volcano in southern Iceland has finally quieted down—leaving behind a new, 270-foot ...

A new scientific study reveals previously unknown subglacial interactions between the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull's lava and overlaying ice cap.

When Icelandic comedian Ari Eldjárn appeared on national Australian television, he found out that no matter where you go, the questions is always the same.

Nissan hit by shortage of air pressure sensors from Ireland while BMW cannot get hold of electronic components.

Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program has been following the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull. Elizabeth Cottrell, a geologist at the National ...

A MONSTER volcano could be on the brink of erupting for the first time in almost 300 years which would throw travel in Europe into chaos.

UK scientists monitor volcanoes from the sky to predict when it might erupt again.

It seems fitting that Iceland's tallest peak also Hvannadalshnjúkur is located in one of Iceland's deadliest volcanoes. For more than 250 years Öræfajökull has ...

“Eyjafjallajökull” is the title of the new episode of Madam Secretary airing tonight (November 11) on CBS. Series regular cast member Geoffrey Arend directed ...

Iceland is home to 32 active volcanic sites and its history is punctuated with eruptions, some of them catastrophic.

Scientists studying Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano took a close look. Researchers Jim Ciarrocca, Ben Edwards and Ellie Was study lava under Iceland's ...

Further to yesterday's blog post, there's still no consensus over whether the volcanic ash that has grounded most of Europe's planes will actually damage aircraft.

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the ...

Work is under way to improve monitoring of Iceland's volcanoes and give earlier warning of possible eruptions. The FutureVolc project is funded by the ...

Remember Eyjafjallajokull? Everyone's trying to make sure that that doesn't happen all over again…

SCIENTISTS are keeping an eye out for six volcanos which could erupt in 2018.

Intense lightning storms mixed with ash clouds to electrify the night sky over Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano on Sunday.

Mountain guide Ólafur Már Björnsson recorded a video on his drone in a skiing/hiking trip up Eyjafjallajökull glacier, a volcano that erupted in 2010 and closed ...

Close-up views of a volcano erupting on a glacier in Iceland.

Scientists have several ways of forecasting when the Eyjafjallajökull eruption will stop. But their data – and history – suggest the Iceland volcano's ash cloud ...

Ever since British air space was choked by the volcanic ash cloud, Icelanders have been laughing at our faltering attempts to pronounce the name of their ...

The 2010 Icelandic volcanic eruption, which disrupted European flights, also had a "significant but short-lived" impact on ocean life, a study shows. Ash from the ...

A new report has said that a massive underground chain reaction triggered the 2010 eruptions of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano.

The last time Eyjafjallajökull blew its top the eruption lasted for two years, spreading smoke and ash over Iceland causing significant damage. The last time ...

The eruption of Grimsvotn, Iceland's most active volcano, has rekindled memories of last year's ash crisis which shut European airspace and sent disruption ...

Hundreds of metres under one of Iceland's largest glaciers there are signs of a looming volcanic eruption that could be one of the most powerful the country has ...

While volcanoes can cause changes to Earth's climate, recent eruption in Iceland too small to have an impact.

An explosion in tourism has saved Iceland's economy. But in a country of just 300000 people, how much tourism is too much?

Every time in recorded history that Eyjafjallajökull volcano has erupted, the much larger Katla volcano has also erupted. Scientists are watching Katla carefully.

'You'll never see an Icelander using an umbrella,” chuckled Arsæll (“Saeli”) Hauksson, my bearded bear of a guide dressed in his thick hand-knitted sweater.

The massive, deadly eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eldgjá in 10th century brought climate change and Christianity to the island colony.

Scientists trying to forecast the behavior of the Iceland volcano, Eyjafjallajökull, use words like 'Surtseyan.' What does that mean?

It has now been one year since the eruption that closed the skies over Europe and captured the world's attention. Before April 13-14, 2010, most people outside ...

Do you remember that feeling of being a kid, running after your older siblings and you just couldn't keep up? Your little feet would move as fast as they could, but ...

Ahead of the BBC series 'Volcano Live', Kate Humble visits Iceland to see how one of the world's most explosive regions copes with the ever-present threat.

If a major eruption were to occur in Öræfajökull, this could paralyse all air traffic across Europe for days on end, according to a research group at the University of ...

The eruption in Iceland is not large as volcanoes go, but the cloud over Europe has shed light on the awkward overlay of human commerce and a hot, churning, ...

Tonight on CBS Madam Secretary airs with an all-new Sunday, November 04, 2018, season 5 episode 5 called, "Eyjafjallajökull," and we have your Madam.

The earthquakes are a telltale sign that pressure is building up in the Bárðarbunga volcano system, triggering an eruption down the line.

If history is any guide, a second, more destructive volcano could blow after this weekend's eruption, even threatening transatlantic flights.

Volcanic ash poses a significant hazard for areas close to volcanoes and for aviation. For example, the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland, clearly ...

Not many trips can still be described as true, once-in-a-lifetime adventures but travellers who have signed up to visit the Fimmvörðuháls volcano on the ...

Modern technology may appear impotent in the face of the volcanic ash cloud disrupting global air travel. We asked scientists for their most outlandish solutions.

If you are caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron. Not even God can hit a 1-iron. -Lee Trevino, golfer who actually has ...

The volcanic eruptions in Iceland that disrupted travel in 2010 generated floods that now reveal a paradox: Small deluges of water after eruptions may actually ...

Öræfajökull seems determined to unseat Katla and Bárðarbunga as the most terrifying glacier to threaten travelers. The Icelandic Meteorological Office has ...

Potentially disruptive volcanic ash clouds cross Northern Europe more frequently than previously thought, according to a new study.

As scientists and air travellers alike keep a close eye on Iceland's ongoing volcanic eruption, some reports suggest that another, much bigger, volcano could stir ...

It seems fitting that Iceland's tallest peak also one of the deadliest volcanoes of Iceland. Öræfajökull is one of two major volcanoes hidden beneath Vatnajökull ...

Volcanologists use samples from Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland to recreate famous hexagonal columns in laboratory. Hannah Devlin Science correspondent.

Huge plumes of ash from the continuing volcanic eruption at Eyjafjallajokull glacier have all-but blotted out the sun in the region.

There have been over 500 earthquakes in Iceland in the last four days, leading experts to believe that a volcanic eruption could be imminent. A series of 40 ...

Forecasters can do a good job of anticipating where the ash cloud from Iceland's spewing volcano is likely to spread in the coming days, but scientists can't tell ...

Months before Eyjafjallajökull blew its top, volcanologists knew something big was going on.

Since taking off in 2010 tourism has more than doubled its share of the Icelandic economy. According to the latest revised figures from Statistics Iceland tourism ...

VIK, Iceland (AP) — Sneeze next to the Katla volcano, goes the joke in this Icelandic village, and a seismologist in Reykjavik will analyze the disturbance. After a ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Iceland has discovered the secret to a booming tourist industry: First have a mammoth financial implosion, then an enormous volcanic ...

Iceland has thirty volcanoes and a long history of eruptions. The substrata of the country is constantly rebuilding itself from magma flows deep underground.

You don't need to have spent four nights in a European airport to know just how disruptive last week's eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull has been.

With fire fountains shooting into the sky, and languid slow-pouring lava, Iceland's Bárðarbunga volcano is a made-for-TV eruption (click the link to watch a live ...

Katla last erupted in 1918. Never before in recorded history, dating back to the 12th century, have 99 years passed without an eruption from the volcano.

Tonight's 'Madam Secretary' sees Elizabeth stuck in an airport with the Turkish Prime Minister. She brokers a deal to help save Syrian refugees.

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