A research team studied unusual rocks in Iceland to better understand the Late Antique Little Ice Age. The team believes that rapid climate cooling contributed to a mass migration of people within ...

Photo by G. Lang Farmer Much of southern Iceland has been cut with what are called dikes, which are igneous rocks that have cross-cut the preexisting crust. These rocks have to make space for ...

OSLO, Feb 8 (Reuters) - A volcano erupted on Thursday in southwest Iceland for the second time this year, the country's meteorological office said, making it the sixth outbreak on the Reykjanes ...

Civil defense authorities in Iceland declared a state of emergency on Wednesday. Warnings of increased seismic activity could cause a volcanic eruption that would destroy the town of Grindavik. “We’ve ...

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano has erupted in southwestern Iceland, sending a flash of light into the evening sky and spewing semi-molten rock into the air in a spectacular show of Earth's power ...

(Adds Rice visit paragraph 8) By Kristin Arna Bragadottir SELFOSS, Iceland, May 29 (Reuters) - A strong earthquake rocked Iceland on Thursday, damaging roads and buildings in one town and sending ...

Planetary scientists are turning to Iceland’s geologically young mudrocks to rehearse how they will handle the first drilled cores from Mars, using the island’s volcanic landscapes as a stand-in for ...

Once upon a time, seasons in Gale Crater probably felt something like those in Iceland. But nobody was there to bundle up more than 3 billion years ago. The ancient Martian crater is the focus of a ...