The Reykjanes Peninsula at Iceland's southwestern edge is one of the country's most populated regions, and it is also one of ...

Chinese researchers traced 2023 Icelandic volcanic emissions to Arctic smog, showing 80% of Ny-Ålesund’s sulfur dioxide came from the eruption. A research team led by Professors Si Fuqi and Yuhan Luo ...

A volcano began erupting in southwest Iceland on Tuesday, just hours after authorities evacuated a nearby community and the Blue Lagoon spa, one of Iceland's biggest tourist attractions.

The eruption began near Grindavik ... and Grindavik was in its path. Map locates Grindavik, Iceland. Much remains uncertain. Magnus Gudmundsson, a geophysicist, said he had seen fountains of ...

Iceland sits above a volcanic hot spot in the North Atlantic. The most disruptive incident in recent times was the 2010 eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano, which spewed clouds of ash into ...

Iceland sits above a volcanic hot spot in the North Atlantic. The most disruptive incident in recent times was the 2010 eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano, which spewed clouds of ash into ...

The eruption just north of the protective barrier near Grindavík then began at 9:45am, according to Iceland's Met Office (IMO). Warning sirens started to sound when the orange-red fissure reached ...

An areal view of the volcanic eruption near the town of Grindavik, on the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco di Marco) An areal view of the volcanic eruption ...

A volcanic eruption in southwest Iceland Tuesday forced the evacuation of the town of Grindavík and the nearby Blue Lagoon spa and resort, as lava and smoke poured from a newly opened fissure.

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano in southwestern Iceland that has erupted repeatedly for more than a year again belched lava and smoke into the air on Tuesday, just hours after authorities ...