A recent study reveals the alarming rate at which glaciers are disappearing worldwide, reinforcing the urgency of the UN's ...

Do you love exploring natural wonders and visiting historic landmarks? You’ll get the best of both worlds in Iceland. From volcanic lava and geothermal fields, to massive glaciers and flowing ...

Iceland may be small, but its strategic importance is vast. As Trump questions NATO commitments, European allies must step up ...

Now it seems to be melting faster than ever. Joining us on the glacier is Snaevarr Gudmundsson, an understated, avuncular man who is one of Iceland's most renowned glaciologists. He has been ...

In November, I was invited by Hidden Iceland, a bespoke-tour operator, on a five-day trip highlighting the island’s singular landscape, from its glaciers to its geothermal pools, and its ...

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who has visited Iceland in the fall. "Sometimes it felt like we had the whole country to ourselves!" New moons: Moonlight can make it harder to spot the light show if the aurora is already faint ...

The animation illustrates the different observation methods at the example of Vatnajökull in Iceland and shows the combined results of glacier mass changes from 2000 to 2023 for all glacier ...

The Vatnajokull glacier is the largest glacier in Iceland, but is receding by the length of three football pitches each year. It used to cover more than 10 per cent of Iceland, it now covers only ...

Where a glacier once covered nearly 6 square miles of land in Iceland, there will soon be only a commemorative plaque beside a small patch of snow. The glacier, once known as Okjökull ("jökull ...