Flights are currently unaffected. Volcanic outbreaks in the Reykjanes peninsula are so-called fissure eruptions, which do not cause large explosions or significant dispersal of ash into the ...

An Icelandic peninsula experienced its fourth eruption since December with lava from a new volcanic fissure steadily advancing, though the eruption’s intensity had decreased, authorities said.

The good news is that because the top of the volcano is still 4,500 feet below the ocean’s surface, it poses no danger to people.

Hundreds of visitors who traveled to watch a once-in-800-year volcano eruption near Iceland’s capital Reykjavik had to evacuate the area after steam and lava started spurting from a new fissure.

The Icelandic Meteorological Office said in its latest update on December 3 that the lava flow from a fissure on the Reykjanes peninsula had been “constant for the past few days”. A timelapse ...

This massive collection of basalt columns is linked to a volcanic fissure eruption. That's when a fissure in the Earth's crust lets the contents of a subsurface magma chamber out – with ...

Speaking generally, the main elevated mass of the island is the product of submarine fissure-eruptions. Its surface is in great part traversed by mountainous ridges, which form an intricate system ...

The hexagonal basalt stones at Giant's Causeway were created by ancient volcanic fissure eruption Don’t worry! We don’t need to study volcanic landforms to predict possible eruptions here in ...

Fissure eruptions typically dwindle to those at a central vent after a period of hours or days. Nyiragongo has a complex system of fissures, which extend from its summit crater all the way down to ...