The Moon (1 to 1): Has a whole Sea of Tranquility, a resource we could really use in these times. We can put server farms ...

Seven of Europe’s best thermal spa destinations - In countries such as Iceland, Italy, Switzerland, you can soak in warm ...

Memorizing seven continents feels settled, like learning the alphabet. A new study argues the ground rules are less tidy.

Trump allies have cited the island's continued role in missile defense infrastructure, accusing Denmark of leaving it ...

Talk of annexation has Greenland in the news again. But due to quirks of cartography, some common maps show the territory ...

This week it was announced that a new genetic study published in the journal Nature shows that the genomes of over 27,000 Icelanders display an admixture of modern human and Neanderthal DNA, along ...

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A massive volcanic eruption has struck Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula once again A 2.4-kilometre fissure is spewing lava and toxic gas, with fresh lava now covering over 3.2 square kilometres of land A ...

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. There is a no scientific doubt that human activity is driving rapid ...

Iceland's capital, Reykjavík; the Golden Circle's geysers and waterfalls; the Ring Road. This one-hour special begins in Reykjavík, with endearing sights and thermal pools, plus a side-trip to the ...

Despite being so close to the harbor and the ocean, Reykjavík’s city lake has a charm and atmosphere all its own. Bordered by a main road on one side and a string of pretty, colorful residences on the ...

New research suggests Viking-age hunters took down the biggest animal on Earth Andrew Chapman, Hakai In the fall of 1385, according to a 17th-century Icelandic text, a man named Ólafur went fishing ...