Picture this: towering cascades of pure, glistening water, surrounded by dramatic cliffs and stark landscapes. Iceland is a ...

These rocks, so far as my observations go, exactly resemble those of the Færöe Islands. The basalt-rocks are chiefly anamesites, but some are true basalts, while others are dolerites.

In countries such as Iceland, rain pulls a small amount of C02 out of air. When the rain hits rocks, the chemical weathering begins, dissolving solids such as calcium.

If anyone knows traveling in Europe, it's Rick Steves, and he has some dire warnings to offer for those making their first ...

The word in Iceland is that there is no granite; it’s only basalt, which is a black rock.” However, the students visited areas in Iceland where granites do in fact exist. “I had one student tell me ...

“We knew these rocks seemed somewhat out of place because the rock types are unlike anything found in Iceland today,” Christopher Spencer, lead author of the research, said in a statement.

Iceland, which is roughly the size of the U.S. state of Kentucky, boasts more than 30 active volcanoes, making the north European island a prime destination for volcano tourism - a niche segment ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — The terrain in Iceland is so rough that astronaut Neil Armstrong and others trained here in preparations for landing on the moon. The landscape on the 30-mile bus ride from ...

But, in response to the accidents—and in accordance with local laws from 2012 that name the stone as a national artifact—the Iceland Road Administration began work on unearthing the rock.

Once upon a time, seasons in Gale Crater probably felt something like those in Iceland. But nobody was there to bundle up more than 3 billion years ago. The ancient Martian crater is the focus of ...