Last chance tourism’ brings economic benefits but puts pressure on local communities in an increasingly fragile landscape ...

STORY: This is Iceland’s Askja volcano, one of the country’s most active and dangerous. :: Vatnajokull National Park, Iceland It’s been in a state of unrest since 2021. Scientists don't know exactly ...

"There are endless opportunities." Researchers on world's first volcanic project in Iceland hope to achieve life-changing ...

This story originally appeared on Undark and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A 30-meter, Komelon-branded measuring tape, a pencil, and a yellow paper form are all Hallsteinn Haraldsson ...

"Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path,” the inscription on the plaque, written by Icelandic ...

Death certificates and commemorative plaques aren’t something you’d normally associate with a glacier. But that is exactly how Iceland recently mourned the loss of 700-year-old Okjökull, the first of ...

Just a few years ago, the Okjökull glacier sat proudly atop the volcanic mountain of Ok in Iceland. Now the icy mass is entirely gone and Iceland is honoring the dead glacier in a unique way. In its ...

Editor's note: This story was rebroadcast on Nov. 10, 2021, as part of our COP26 climate conference coverage. Click here for that audio. 2019 was not a good year for the planet. Despite some ...

Planetary scientists are turning to Iceland’s geologically young mudrocks to rehearse how they will handle the first drilled ...

Odysseas Chloridis says “We have already done quite a lot of damage, and we’re not doing enough to prevent [more] . . . but I ...