The driving force behind this volcanic activity is believed to be the “Iceland Plume”—a deep, hot column of molten rock that ...

Soar above the dramatic landscapes of the Reykjanes Peninsula with this breathtaking drone footage. Watch as molten lava ...

Scientists have traced a 60-million-year volcanic trail from Iceland to Ireland to a deep mantle plume that shaped the North ...

Iceland is one of the most active volcanic regions in the world, but its seismic nature is part of a much broader geological ...

Iceland is a living masterpiece sculpted by two of nature’s most powerful elements, fire and ice. In this video, embark on an ...

Why Iceland's latest eruption may be the most dangerous in recent history. The December 18 explosion is the region’s fourth in three years—and has fired out 10 times more lava per second than ...

The huge column of hot rock, known as a mantle plume or a 'ghost plume', which rises from deep inside the earth beneath ...

A volcanic eruption started Monday night on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula, turning the sky orange and prompting the civil defense to be put on high alert. The eruption appears to have occurred ...

Researchers have developed a laboratory earthquake model that connects the microscopic real contact area between fault surfaces to the possibility of earthquake occurrences. Published in the ...

The Big One: Is California 'overdue' for a devastating major earthquake? A near-certain disaster looms for California, but there are real things people can do to prepare.

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – While you may think earthquakes are a rarity in New Mexico, think again. Dr. Urbi Basu, manager of the New Mexico Tech Seismological Observatory, said earthquakes regularly… ...