Whakaari/White Island, NZ, erupts in a phreatic explosion, 5 dead, several missing and evacuated. More: https://www.news.com.au/…/news-st...

Today marks the nine-year-anniversary of Eyjafjallajökull’s mighty 2010 eruption, an explosion that created an ash plume so large that...

Hekla volcano, South Iceland, is a great tourist attraction. But hiking up the mountain comes with a risk, as outdoor enthusiast Einar...

Ármann Höskuldsson, volcanologist at the University of Iceland, finds little probability that the massive disaster in 536, which threw...

Ask medieval historian Michael McCormick what year was the worst to be alive, and he's got an answer: "536." Not 1349, when the Black...

Today (November 14) marks 55 years since the Surtsey volcanic eruption. More accurately, it is 55 years since the eruption was first...

Today, 12 October, is the 100-year anniversary of the 1918 eruption of Katla. The volcano is considered one of the most hazardous of...

Katla, a giant volcano hidden beneath the ice cap of Mýrdalsjökull glacier, is busy filling its magma chambers, new research confirms. An...

Current position of Öræfajökull: There are clear signs of turbulence in Öræfajökull, but the mountain has expanded, at least from the...

A new paper published lastweek in Geosciences reports that the Holuhraun eruption released the most SO2 (sulfur dioxide) of any effusive...

The publication of the Holuhraun eruption's impact on the environment and health was recently published in the series of the Icelandic...

Volcanologist Ármann Höskuldsson says that the situation at Öræfajökull volcano is "Far from normal." There's still geothermal heat in...

The breakdown of risk assessment due to the eruption of volcanic eruptions in Öræfajökull was carried out by experts at the...

By the end of 2016, increased earthquake activity was observed in Öræfajökull. In order to monitor this country's largest volcano,...

Geophysicist Magnús Tumi Guðmundsson says there is no evidence of an eruption in Öræfajökull glacier. RÚV reports. Data shows that there...

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Emergency evacuation for Öræfajökull In the event of a volcanic eruption in Öræfajökull the aim is to have evacuated the area before an...

A couple of years ago I was asked on a radio show which volcano in Iceland I wanted least to erupt. I quickly answered Öraefajökull. It...

...Öræfajökull is one of those infrequent erupters. It is Iceland’s tallest volcano, and is the fourth tallest stratovolcano in Europe...