Where is the hottest place on Earth? And why do you want to know? Surely, it’s not because you're looking to plan a trip ...

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.

Alfred Wegener published his proposal that continents had moved. He presented various lines of evidence, of which the best remembered is the fact that the opposite shores of the Atlantic ...

Dozens blocked a main road in Jerusalem, calling on the government not to 'surrender to Hamas.' ...

Kīlauea, Hawaii, USA - January 15, 2025 [Note: no sound] A time-lapse video released on January 15, 2025, captures the awe-inspiring power of Episode 4 of the ongoing Kīlauea summit eruption. The ...

The Danakil Depression, situated in a desert stretch approximately 200km long, holds the record for being the lowest point on earth, lying 100m below sea level - nearly twice that of Death Valley.

Ethiopia's Danakil Depression hosts some of the world's most intriguing and least-known traditional salt mines. For hundreds of years, these mines have served as the lifeblood of the Afar people ...

What is the hottest volcano of them all? It depends on how you define “hottest,” but a fascinating new analysis crunches the numbers in a few different ways, using satellite observations of 95 of ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised the status of Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island to Alert Level 3 after its explosive eruption on December 9.

Since 1997, scientists have kept a careful eye on it using instruments that measure pressure on the ocean floor. Data shows that the volcano has been swelling, with changing rates that hint at an ...

The evacuations come after steam eruptions have been seen since Thursday from the long-dormant volcano of Mount Dofen, raising fears of a volcanic eruption that could put many people at risk.