While Andaman and Nicobar Islands is mostly known for clear beaches and blue waters, very few people know about this powerful ...

The first “Big One” earthquake in more than a decade has rattled the world. What if it had happened anywhere else? Say, ...

Most beaches have sand that’s pale, soft, and familiar. But some beaches stand out because of their sand color.

Let’s image the simplest, most boring volcano possible. It consists of a magma balloon fed by a straw. The ground is perfectly flat above the balloon. Magma comes up the straw at a constant ...

Lithium deposit valued at $1.5 trillion is discovered and promises to boost batteries, but worries local indigenous ...

The 1815 eruption produced 60 megatons of sulfur, and as a result, average global temperatures dropped by around 3°C (5.4°F).

Further ahead, a small reservoir surprises us, with lush foliage and palm trees along its sides. Arturo pulls a long rope to ...

In ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, or the Hawaiian language, we might call them puahiohio, or whirlwinds. In meteorological terms, these ...

Known as Le Grand Hiver (the Great Winter) in France, the Great Frost was a winter of unprecedented bitter cold across the European continent between 1708 and 1709. Lasting about three months, the ...

A village buried by a landslide, the world’s largest tidal bore and the aftermath of ferocious storms and wildfires appear in ...

A dormant volcano in Ethiopia erupted after 10,000 years of silence. This event shows how the world's little-known volcanoes ...

Something stirred beneath Mount Rainier this summer, sending over 1,000 earthquakes through the ground in weeks—the largest ...