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Hikers scramble as new fissure opens up at Icelandic …

The Lava flows from an eruption of a volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Iceland's latest volcano eruption is still attracting crowds of people hoping to get close to the gentle lava flows. (AP Photo/Marco Di Marco)

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Video shows long-dormant volcano erupting in Iceland

This image provided by the Icelandic Coast Guard shows a volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland on March 20, 2021. (Icelandic Coast Guard via AP)

Beluga whales returned to sea in Iceland after years of …

Two beluga whales, named Little Grey and Little White, have arrived at their new sea sanctuary care area at Klettsvik Bay in Iceland. (CNN)

25 to 50% of coronavirus carriers may be asymptomatic …

People set up hospital beds in an emergency field hospital to aid in the COVID-19 pandemic in Central Park on March 30, 2020 in New York City (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images

2 Puffins Use Sticks to Scratch Their Itches, the 1st …

The Icelandic puffin dropped its stick to pick up grass and feathers to line its nest. Pointy sticks, while good for a scratch, do not make suitable bedding for persnickety puffins. (Credit: Annette Fayet/PNAS)

Iceland Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir to Skip Vice …

Icelandic Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir leaves 10 Downing Street after a meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May on May 2, 2019, in London, England. (Credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Iceland Holds Funeral for Its 1st Glacier Lost to Climate …

People look at the snow after a monument was unveiled at the site of Okjokull, Iceland's first glacier lost to climate change, on Aug. 18, 2019. (Credit: JEREMIE RICHARD/AFP/Getty Images)

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Scientists Memorialize First Glacier Lost to Climate …

Iceland's first glacier lost to climate change will be remembered with a monument to be unveiled in August 2019 at the site of the former glacier. (Credit: Dominic Boyer/Cymene Howe via CNN)

Wow Air Ceases Operations and Cancels Flights — Leaving …

A picture taken on Aug. 6, 2018, shows a Wow plane on the tarmac of Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport, north of Paris. (Credit: JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images)

WOW Air Offering Flights From Los Angeles to Europe …

Iceland’s Capital Goes Dark for Stunning View of …

Wow Air to Start $99 Flights to Iceland, $199 Flights …