Iceland Volcano

PHOTOS: Inside An Iceland Volcano

Posted 05.01.2012

In spite of Iceland's recent history with eruptions (Remember Eyjafjallajokull and even Grimsvotn?) adventure company 3H Travel has decided it's high...

WATCH: Flying Through An Ash Cloud

Posted 12.08.2011

More than a year after the epic eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland halted air travel, scientists are coming up with a way for pilots ...

Iceland's Katla Volcano Is Getting Restless

AP | By PAISLEY DODDS | Posted 12.13.2011

VIK, Iceland -- If Iceland's air-traffic paralyzing volcanic eruption last year seemed catastrophic, just wait for the sequel. That's what some expert...

Iceland Volcano Monitored After Seismic Activity Surge

AP | PAISLEY DODDS and GUDJON HELGASON | Posted 11.06.2011

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — A surge of small earthquakes has been reported around Iceland's Katla volcano, but scientists said Tuesday there is no imme...

Obama Bails On Ireland As Ash Plume Looms

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 07.23.2011

DUBLIN — The White House says President Barack Obama will leave Ireland early due to safety concerns over a cloud of ash from an Icelandic volca...

Volcanic Ash Cloud Affect British, Irish Airspace

AP | MEERA SELVA and SLOBODAN LEKIC | Posted 07.23.2011

LONDON — A dense ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano blew toward Scotland on Monday, causing airlines to cancel flights, forcing President Barac...

WATCH: Iceland Volcano Eruption

Posted 07.22.2011

Grimsvotn, the volcano in southeast Iceland that began its largest eruption in 100 years on Saturday, sent ash as high as 12 miles into the air and gr...

Iceland Volcano Eruption Closes International Airport Once Again

AOL Travel News | Posted 07.22.2011

Iceland's most active volcano once again erupted on Saturday, closing the international airport that was closed for days last year upon the last erupt...

PHOTOS: Ash Plume Covers Iceland

AP | JILL LAWLESS and GUDJON HELGASON | Posted 07.22.2011

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) -- A year after an Icelandic volcano grounded planes across Europe, a spectacular new eruption flung up a miles-high ash plume...

PHOTOS: Grimsvotn Erupts

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 07.21.2011

Iceland's most active volcano has erupted, sending a plume of white ash 18,000 feet into the air. Grimsvotn's eruption, which was accompanied by sm...

Iceland Volcano Erupts, White Plume Up To 18,000 Feet Seen: Report

AP | GUDJON HELGASON | Posted 07.21.2011

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Iceland's most active volcano has started erupting, scientists said Saturday – just over a year after another eruptio...

Iceland's Beauty in the Spring

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 06.13.2011

Howard Steven Friedman

2011-04-13-ice.jpgWe celebrate Iceland's spring thaw with these photos of waterfalls, geysers and craters.

PHOTOGRAPHY: Yahoo Selects 212 Most Iconic Images Of 2010

Posted 05.25.2011

Its been quite a year. But then we say that every year around this time. We can barely go twelve days without something taking over our airwaves and ...

2010 In Photos: Moments Of The Year

Posted 05.25.2011

Between sporting events that captured the nations of the world, celebrations, climate change and natural disasters, new political movements, and perso...

Swimming in What?

Christine Negroni | Posted 05.25.2011

Christine Negroni

Today I swam in the waste product of Iceland's power generating station while smearing silica grease on my face. I'd paid the equivalent of $50 for the privilege and it was an experience I'll never forget.

Volcano Is Quiet but Dispute Over Closing of European Airspace Remains Unsettled

Christine Negroni | Posted 05.25.2011

Christine Negroni

The week-long closing of European airspace due to ash from Iceland's erupting volcano was very likely unnecessary beyond the first two days.

DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011

DK Matai

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DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011

DK Matai

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Volcanic Ash affects flights in Morocco, Turkey, Spain

AP | HASSAN ALAOUI | Posted 05.25.2011

RABAT, Morocco — Volcanic ash from Iceland wound its way south to North Africa and curled eastward on Tuesday, forcing authorities for the first...

Eyja's Icelandic Horses

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 05.25.2011

Iris Erlingsdottir

Raising Icelandic horses is a challenge, even in the best of times. Although there are no predators and few diseases in Iceland, the short growing sea...

What the @#$% is Going On?

Yehuda Berg | Posted 05.25.2011

Yehuda Berg

With so much evidence of depleting natural resources, toxic waste, climate change, irreparable harm to our food chain and rapidly increasing instances of natural disasters, why do we keep perpetuating the problem?

Volcanic Ash Causes More Flight Disruptions Between Europe And North America

AP | SLOBODAN LEKIC | Posted 05.25.2011

BRUSSELS – The Icelandic volcano with the unpronounceable name reminded the world again that it has the power to disrupt international travel &n...

Iceland Volcano Emits 'Massive' New Ash Cloud, Airports Closed

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 05.25.2011

DUBLIN — Iceland's volcano has produced a 1,000-mile-wide (1,600 kilometer-wide) ash cloud off the west coast of Ireland that will force western...

Volcanic Ash snarls Scottish, Irish air services

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 05.25.2011

DUBLIN — A new wave of dense volcanic ash from Iceland snarled air traffic Wednesday in Ireland and Scotland, stranding tens of thousands of peo...

'Summer Of Uncertainty' Looms for Irish aviation

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 05.25.2011

DUBLIN — Iceland's clouds of volcanic ash are menacing European air traffic again, but transport chiefs insisted Tuesday they are learning from ...