At the end of the lake is a 98.4-feet-high waterfall called Bøsdalafossur running over the edge to the Atlantic Ocean, almost ...

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 ...

A trio of researchers has found evidence of the impact of the Late Antique Little Ice Age on Iceland almost 1,500 years ago. In their paper published in the journal Geology, Christopher Spencer ...

Iceland, the land of ice and fire, is a dynamic landscape of volcanos, glaciers and violent geysers. Expect clear skies one moment, winds whipping up the next, and clouds loaded with snow that can ...

Many people living in the Himalayas, Andes, Alps, Rocky Mountains, Iceland, and Alaska have experienced glacial lake outburst floods of one type or another. Water from the melting ice often drains ...