Iceland volcano erupts for 12th time since 2021

July 16, 2025 10:31 AM

Iceland volcano erupts for 12th time since 2021

A volcano erupted in south-west Iceland on Wednesday, the country's meteorological office said, marking the latest in a series of outbreaks near the capital in recent years. Often referred to as a land of ice and fire, the North Atlantic island nation with its many glaciers and volcanoes has now seen a dozen eruptions since geological systems on its Reykjanes peninsula reactivated in 2021. The outbreaks, known as fissure eruptions, are characterised by lava flows emerging from long cracks in t...

Iceland volcano eruption raises pollution fears, spa evacuated

August 29, 2024 4:06 PM

Iceland volcano eruption raises pollution fears, spa evacuated

A volcano spewed lava and smoke over southwestern Iceland for a second day on Friday raising fears of spreading pollution hours after its eruption forced the evacuation of a spa resort. Fountains of glowing molten rock shot into the night sky when the volcano first erupted on the Reykjanes peninsula on Thursday. The flow from the volcano has since slowed, Rikke Pedersen, head of the Nordic Volcanological Centre, said. "We have a quite intense fountaining and high output in the beginning and it...