GUNNARSHOLT, Iceland — With his flats of saplings and a red planting tool, Jon Asgeir Jonsson is a foot soldier in the fight to reforest Iceland, working to bring new life to largely barren landscapes ...

Iceland is perhaps one of the worst cases of deforestation that the world has seen. Over the last 1,000 years, the country's forests have been felled for the purposes of timber or pastures for ...

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Hug trees, not friends — that’s the message Iceland forest rangers are sending to the public amid the ...

Tucked away in the northern woodlands of Iceland lies a cozy new spa set to soothe visitors who are looking to enjoy natural hot springs and greenery in equal measure. Forest Lagoon, designed by the ...

Humans are slowly reshaping the planet by warming the atmosphere, but some of our activities have had a much more profound impact on the landscape. For example, civilization has transformed Iceland ...

Iceland is trying to ramp up its tree-planting programs, which have doubled its forest cover since 1950. Trees provide many benefits, in addition to storing carbon, and are being embraced by many ...

Larus Heidarsson, a forestry worker, and Maria Vesta, a university student, measure pine trees planted in 2004, in the Eastfjords region of Iceland, Aug. 4, 2017. Despite the planting of three million ...