South Africa has no dormant volcanoes. Unlike Mount Kilimanjaro or Mount Fuji, which could erupt again, South Africa’s mainland volcanoes are simply too ancient. Their underground systems cooled ...
This striking, false-color satellite image shows the intense heat coming from a pair of lava lakes that emerged on simultaneously erupting volcanoes in Congo. The neighboring peaks are among Africa's ...
The settlement, which is on the island of Tristan da Cunha, is home to around 230 people. It can only be reached after a nearly week-long boat trip departing from Cape Town, South Africa. Sitting on ...
South Africa is home to some of the most spectacular national parks and private game reserves not only in Africa, but in the ...
Instead, the new research found humans in that location, known as Shinfa-Metema 1, adapted to the arid conditions brought on by the volcanic eruption in a way that may have facilitated humanity’s ...
Active volcanoes prompted ash warnings and set nerves on edge in Italy, Mexico and the Democratic Republic of Congo over the weekend. Mount Etna showered ash over Catania in eastern Sicily Sunday and ...
Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week’s contribution is from Dan Dzurisin, emeritus geologist with ...