Even with an unsteady return to travel, 2021 proved to be a time of renewed exploration. The photographs we published this ...

Mosquitoes were discovered in Iceland for the first time, potentially ending the country's mosquito-free status, adding to ...

A naturalist near Reykjavík, the capital city of Iceland, made a surprising discovery of three mosquitoes buzzing in the air.

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Grindavík, a small fishing town on Iceland’s southern coast, lost everything in a single night in November 2023. Magma forced ...

Where Continents Pull Apart Iceland's unique position sits directly atop the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, where the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates are slowly drifting apart. 5 centimeters per year ...

“He will be joined on the international review panel by geologist Dr Omar Friðleifsson and well engineer Kristinn Ingason who both work for the Iceland Deep Drilling Project. The fourth member of the ...

Stanford University earth science and engineering expert Professor Roland N Horne will chair the international review panel for New Zealand's ...

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Vignir Kristinsson smiles as two women, the only customers all morning, enter his gift shop filled with handmade things of oak. After perusing decorations ranging from ...

Nine volcanic eruptions since December 2023 have shaken the Icelandic town of Grindavik and forced residents to repeatedly evacuate. Most people have moved away, but some have stayed. They are ...

Nine volcanic eruptions since December 2023 have shaken the Icelandic town of Grindavik and forced residents to repeatedly evacuate GRINDAVIK, Iceland -- GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Vignir Kristinsson ...

Five years ago he and his wife opened the shop in Grindavik, a coastal town of 3,800 people about 50 kilometers (30 miles) southwest of Iceland's capital, Reykjavik. Business was good. Then the ...