A new solution is taking shape in Iceland to protect people and infrastructure from lava flow. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Recording earthquakes and measuring movements in Earth's crust are important in Iceland. There are also computer simulations that show how lava flows move and spread. Since the first eruption in 2021, ...

Learn more about the new methods Iceland is using to keep lava from destroying towns.

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A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted Wednesday for the fifth time since December, spewing massive lava flows that threatened to cut off the town of Grindavík and prompting the evacuation of ...

a structural geologist from the University of Iceland, standing beside the spewing black lava. "They (these types of lava flows) advance slowly, you don’t really see them moving. But they just ...

A volcano spews lava in Grindavik, Iceland, May 29, 2024. Marco Di Marco/AP The eruption began at approximately 12:46 p.m. local time on Wednesday, which prompted a fairly intense flow of lava ...

(CNN) — A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted Wednesday for the fifth time since December, spewing massive lava flows that threaten to cut off the town of Grindavík and prompting the ...

Recording earthquakes and measuring movements in the Earth’s crust are important in Iceland. There are also computer simulations that show how lava flows move and spread. Since the first ...