A recent study reveals the alarming rate at which glaciers are disappearing worldwide, reinforcing the urgency of the UN's International Year of Glaciers' Preservation.

Landsvirkjun has awarded engineering firm COWI a contract for the design of a 65MW expansion at the Sigalda Hydropower ...

Much of the lagoon is shallow enough for them to stand on the bottom, heads above water ... happened. “Iceland offers connections to the past found almost nowhere else,” says National ...

a geyser that gushes water 60 to 100 feet into the air every five minutes; among other attractions. According to recent visitors, the Golden Circle, which sits in South Iceland about 25 miles away ...

This story appears in the May 2012 issue of National ... of Iceland has any vegetation at all, says Guðrún. It used to be two-thirds. As fluffy volcanic soils were exposed, wind and water ...

But one look at the National Geographic Expeditions ... focuses on the juxtapositions all around Iceland, from towering ...