Iceland sits atop the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the fault line where two of the Earth’s tectonic plates are slowly drifting apart; as a result, Iceland is getting wider at a rate of roughly 1cm per year. On both sides of the ridge, earthquakes and volcanoes

Iceland sits atop the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the fault line where two of the Earth’s tectonic plates are slowly drifting apart; as a result, Iceland is getting wider at a rate of roughly 1cm per year. On both sides of the ridge, earthquakes and volcanoes

Iceland sits atop the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the fault line where two of the Earth’s