A new solution is taking shape in Iceland to protect people and infrastructure from lava flow. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The volcanic eruption near Grindavík has caused significant disruption and raised concerns among local authorities and ...

Building defensive barriers to slow down the ... she was on a research sabbatical in Iceland and was already involved in the lava control project. "The project also showed what it is like to ...

Just two kilometers (1.2 miles) of barrier had been completed when the eruption began on Sunday morning, with lava initially flowing from a crack in the ground that crossed through the rampart.

Man-made barriers have been successful in steering the lava away ... too early to project when it would end, Magnus Tumi Gudmundsson, professor of geophysics at the University of Iceland, told ...

Fountains of lava erupted from the Sundhnúkur volcanic system in southwest Iceland on Jan. 14 ... to building earthen barriers. In 1973, Icelanders attempted the most famous “lava freezing ...

Lava from a volcanic eruption in Iceland has reached defence ramparts, designed to top it spreading towards a lagoon and power plant. Lava from a volcanic eruption in Iceland flowed toward ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted on Thursday ... In response, authorities have constructed man-made barriers to redirect lava flows away from critical ...

A volcano erupted in southwestern Iceland Sunday for the ... But the walls of the barriers built north of Grindavik have been breached and lava is on the move toward the community, the ...

By Egill Bjarnason Reporting from Husavik, Iceland A volcano in southwestern ... By Wednesday evening, lava had reached the barriers surrounding Grindavik that had been put in place to redirect ...

Building defensive barriers to slow down the ... she was on a research sabbatical in Iceland and was already involved in the lava control project. “The project also showed what it is like ...