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

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

An international team, including researchers at the University of Liverpool, have shown that south east Iceland is underlain by...

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

Imagine an Atlantic island affected by a deep and complex rift, with half the country pulled east, towards Europe, and half pulled west,...

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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...

A photograph taken by the SENITEL-1 satellite yesterday morning, November 20th showing the fissures that have been formed in the...