From a research submersible, scientists saw hardened lava, dead tube worms and orange flashes from an eruption in the East ...

Being on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge also exposes parts of Iceland to volcanic eruptions. The Reykjanes Peninsula has seen a significant increase in eruptions since 2021 and has experienced eight eruptions ...

Iceland is situated on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and a geologic hotspot, and is home to over thirty volcanoes. Before 2021, the ...

Scientists believe that the motion of Earth's continents through plate tectonics has been largely steady over millions of ...

The earthquake swarm began at 6:30 a.m. local time on the Sundhnúks Crater Row, Iceland's Meteorological Office said.

Researchers in a submersible could hardly believe their eyes, or their luck, when they saw a clearly active eruption along an undersea volcanic mountain chain.

Melting glaciers 10,000 years ago sped up continental drift and volcanic activity, a process that could repeat as modern ice ...

"Warning: An eruption has begun," the Icelandic meteorological ... Iceland sits astride the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, where the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates are pulling apart, and is ...

Enhanced spreading at the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Ridge due to ice melting from Greenland may have contributed to that fiery past -- allowing more magma to rise to the surface, fueling the eruption of ...

Iceland's Volcanic Eruptions Iceland lies in a unique position as part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a 10,000-mile-long mountain chain that represents the boundary between the North American and Eurasian ...