Iceland, the land of ice and fire, is for geologists what the tropics are for ecologists: an opportunity for an unparalleled ...

This Tuesday, 1st April, in the south-west of Iceland, the volcano Sundhnúkagígar erupted, resulting in a massive fissure in the ground. This fissure extends for 1.2km long, near the famous Blue ...

Iceland plays a crucial role in this ... that continents are defined by cultural and geographical boundaries, not just by tectonic plates. To strengthen their argument, the researchers plan ...

Tourists and residents have been evacuated as a volcano erupted in south-west Iceland, threatening a town and popular ...

are where tectonic plates pull apart due to convection ... e.g. Surtsey and the Westman Islands near Iceland. At a destructive boundary the plates are moving towards each other.

The study also provides a new approach to solving one of the biggest enduring scientific mysteries: when did plate tectonics begin?

A volcano has erupted on the Reykjanes Peninsula in south-west Iceland after a nearby town and the Blue Lagoon spa, a popular tourist destination, were evacuated.