"It's pretty surreal to walk between two major pieces of Earth's crust that are drifting in different directions," Brooke ...

The rift valley on the tectonic plate boundaries of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is clearly visible in ... [+] Iceland's Thingvellir National Park. Thingvellir went on to serve as the center of ...

Located between the Eurasian and the North American tectonic plates, among the largest on the planet, Iceland is a seismic and volcanic hotspot because the two plates move in opposite directions.

Iceland sits on a fixed hotspot (a magma corridor that leads straight from the Earth’s centre to the surface) and astride the Eurasian and North Atlantic tectonic plates, which are slowly ...

With terrain shaped by volcanic eruptions and shifting tectonic plates, and surrounding waters filled with glaciers, icebergs and whales, Iceland is like no other place on Earth. It's also an ...

In the summers of 2018 and 2019, an all-female team of scientists ventured to the glaciers of Iceland to research the complex interactions between glacial systems, climate change and methane ...

The latest news, features and stories on the Nordic island nation of Iceland between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. Located on a rift between tectonic plates, it is well known for its ...