"Volcano Surtsey" documents the formation of Surtsey, a volcanic island off the coast of Iceland, which emerged in 1963 due to underwater volcanic eruptions. The film explores the geological ...

In this week's Maphead, Ken Jennings explains how one of the Earth's newest formations—a volcanic island in Iceland—was formed a mere 50 years ago.

An eruption off the coast of Iceland formed the island of Surtsey in the 1960s, and also created many volcanic bombs that failed to explode as they shot above the water’s surface.

Surtsey was formed by an underwater volcanic eruption in 1963, and it could provide the missing ingredients for making Roman concrete. The scientists will drill two holes, one parallel to a hole ...

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