A recent study reveals the alarming rate at which glaciers are disappearing worldwide, reinforcing the urgency of the UN's International Year of Glaciers' Preservation.

Iceland is home to more than 200 volcanoes, which have spewed land-making lava for the past 20 million years. This is pretty young for a modern land mass. By comparison, scientists estimate the ...

Beneath Iceland’s volcanic landscape, evidence points to an ongoing rift that contradicts previous assumptions about tectonic plate separation. Dr. Jordan Phethean of the University of Derby led ...