Icelandic Meteorological Office has confirmed more than 18,000 earthquakes occurring within the last week
Seismic activity is centred around Reykjanes Peninsula in southwest Iceland just south of capital Reykjavík
The largest earthquake measured 5.6 on the Richter scale - enough to cause some damage to weak structures
The reason for the unrest is unclear, but experts say it may be due to an intrusion of magma into Earth s crust
A new study provides the first global accounting of fluctuations in lake and reservoir water levels. The research shows 57 percent of the variability occurs in dammed reservoirs and other bodies of water managed by people, highlighting the dominant role humans now play in Earth s water cycle.
Humans drive most of ups and downs in freshwater storage at Earth s surface, Stanford study finds miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A new model could explain hypothesized icy eruptions coming from Jupiter’s moon Europa.
On Europa, powerful eruptions may spew into space, raising questions among hopeful astrobiologists on Earth: What would blast out from miles-high plumes? Could they contain signs of extraterrestrial life? And where in Europa would they originate?
The new explanation now points to a source closer to the frozen surface than might be expected.
Rather than originating from deep within Europa’s oceans, some eruptions may originate from water pockets embedded in the icy shell itself, according to new evidence.
Using images collected by the NASA spacecraft Galileo, the researchers developed a model to explain how a combination of freezing and pressurization could lead to a cryovolcanic eruption, or a burst of water.