A small phreatic eruption seems to have taken place on August 16, 2013 at the subglacial Kverkfjöll volcano, Iceland. The steam-driven explosion followed a small glacial flood on August 15.
Aerial photo of the NE rim of the
Iceland plans to resume its disputed commercial fin whale hunt in June with a quota of at least 154 giant mammals plus some 20% from last season possibly. Beside the second largest whale species (after the blue whale), Iceland also hunts smaller minke whales….
One of the Iceland’s most active and hazardous volcano, Hekla volcano, is having unusual seismicity according to the report issued by Icelandic Meteorological Office. Given possibility of a new eruption, volcanic alert level has been raised to yellow and monitoring
Icelandic Met Office is reporting 451 earthquakes since Saturday, October 20, 2012.Earthquake count: Magnitude less than 1 in all: 14 Magnitude 1 to 2 in all: 190 Magnitude 2 to 3 in all: 191 Magnitude more than 3 in all: 56 Total: 451Earthquake
Multi-beam measurements on a mission of research vessel Arni Fridriksson earlier this summer revealed vast underwater mountain deep roots from the continental shelf of 120 nautical miles west of the peninsula. The unnamed mountain on the ocean floor off the west coast
Large earthquake swarm start in Katla volcano. The largest earthquake so far according to the automatic SIL systems is a ML3.9 earthquake. Iceland’s massive volcano Katla appears on the brink of a major eruption just days after officials confirmed they had
Tropical cyclones are formed mostly between 10 and 30 degrees north and south, but it happens sometimes that they make the trip north to us.According to longrange computer models, Katia could be the most powerful storm to hit the UK in over 300 years! One of the
Geologists drilling an exploratory geothermal well into a volcano in Iceland got quite a surprise when the borehole filled with molten magma forcing the researchers to halt the drilling.
However, the sudden appearance of the molten rock wasn't all bad,
