Millions of people around the world live near one of the roughly 1,500 active volcanoes on Earth—from ... A surge of carbon dioxide poured out of Africa’s volcanic Lake Nyos in 1986, sweeping ...

The Conversation Africa asked volcano researcher Amdemichael Tadesse ... and at what kind of magnitudes and sizes. Detailed maps that identify areas at risk are essential. These maps guide urban ...

Under our feet, processes are occurring that could reshape the world map in the long run. Africa, although it seems like a ...

While the actual dramatic split and creation of a new continent and ocean are at least a million years away and we'll all ...

Home to one of the most diverse and vibrant people in the world, this landlocked country covers nearly 500,000 square miles ...

Under our feet, processes are occurring that could reshape the world map in the long run. Africa, although it seems like a ...

Africa is broken. It is being dissected by the famous East African Rift which extends over a length of 5000 km along the eastern side of Africa and seems poised to destroy Africa as we know it.

The turn-based strategy game Civilization VII emphasizes chaotic transition periods when latent challenges all emerge at once ...

What is a continent? We think of it as a large body of land surrounded by the sea, aka, ocean. There are a few continent sized countries. Australia is the only continent that is also one country.

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

Nobody knew what they are, and whether they are only a temporary phenomenon, or if they have been sitting there for millions ...

A pioneering new treatment promises to tackle a wider range of cancers, with fewer side-effects than conventional ...