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

15 May 2007 – The hot volcanic vents of Iceland may be harnessed to bring electrical power to mainland Europe and Britain if a plan to pipe geothermal energy under the North Sea comes to fruition. The ...

In preparation for analyzing Mars samples, scientists are turning to a surprising source: Iceland’s mudrocks. These rocks, ...

Iceland has long been a pioneer in the battle against global warming, tapping its unique combination of volcanoes, geysers and thundering waterfalls to produce all the electricity, heat and hot water ...

A research team studied unusual rocks in Iceland to better understand the Late Antique Little Ice Age. The team believes that rapid climate cooling contributed to a mass migration of people within ...

LONDON (AP) — Earthquakes are rocking Iceland’s Bardarbunga volcano, adding to concerns that magma movements may trigger an eruption that could hinder air traffic. Iceland’s Met Office says two ...

Once upon a time, seasons in Gale Crater probably felt something like those in Iceland. But nobody was there to bundle up more than 3 billion years ago. The ancient Martian crater is the focus of a ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — The terrain in Iceland is so rough that astronaut Neil Armstrong and others trained here in preparations for landing on the moon. The landscape on the 30-mile bus ride from the ...