Filmmaker Sara Dosa is going from the molten to the melting, from fiery volcanoes to dissolving glaciers. Dosa earned an Academy Award nomination for 2022's Fire of Love, the story of vulcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft who furthered the world's understanding of intense geological forces, but whose lives were claimed in a volcanic eruption.

Amelia Nierenberg reported from the eruption sites near Grindavik. Egill Bjarnason reported from Husavik, Iceland. As a swarm of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions began to rip through southwestern Iceland in late 2023, a firefighter named Helgi Hjorleifsson jumped into action.

Like much of Europe, Iceland witnessed its hottest year in 2025 - as heat-trapping gases continue to warm the planet. According to the Icelandic Met Office, the national average temperature last year was 5.