Good news for anyone not entirely comfortable in their birthday suit: unlike hot spring bathing traditions in Finland and Japan, in Iceland modesty is still cherished. If the extrovert in you feels ...

Reykjavík, Iceland’s capital, is the world’s northernmost sovereign capital city. From the Midnight Sun and Northern Lights ...

Just days after a hydrothermal blast struck Biscuit Basin, a brand-new pool of boiling water appeared near the explosion site ...

Around 465 active geysers are roiling across Yellowstone National Park at any given time, with new ones regularly bubbling to ...

Qamar Yasin and colleagues report how temperature alters seismic wave speeds in shale using experiments and modelling. Their results improve the interpretation of geothermal reservoirs by accounting ...

The Golden Circle is a must on any Iceland itinerary.

Situated about halfway between Kansas City, Missouri, and Indianapolis, St. Louis overlooks the Mississippi River on the Missouri-Illinois border. Inside its 79 neighborhoods, visitors will find ...

Europe has an extraordinary range of diverse landscapes in its 44 countries. I appreciate that I have chosen nearly half as ...

Mount Augustine and a forgotten geothermal province in the Copper Basin suggest the answer may be yes—but for very different reasons. In my office hangs an old black-and-white USGS geothermal map of ...

Sometimes the best things in life really are free, and this turquoise wonder in Dolores proves it beyond any doubt. Hidden away in southwestern Colorado, there’s a geyser that locals have been quietly ...