The increased volcanic activity would also pump out more greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere, lifting Earth’s temperature further. This, in turn, could lead to more ice loss, triggering ...

First look at the island may offer the picture of a dead caldera but a closer look reveals that the caldera actually holds a ...

A 2022 satellite photo shows smoke rising from a caldera on Tofua, highlighting the "looming threat" of the volcanic island.

The tallest volcano in Europe, Italy's Mount Etna, and the world's most active volcano, Kilauea in Hawaii, erupting again.

Most Antarctic trips explore the western peninsula departing from South America for about 10 days. This is the most beautiful ...

From frozen outposts to remote volcanic peaks, here are five of the most challenging places to reach, yet totally worth the ...

The mystery of a pyramid structure that was found under the sea off the coast of the Azores Islands in 2013 is still puzzling ...

Three decades ago a scientist at the University of Colorado Denver suggested that heat from a “mantle plume” under Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica might explain regional volcanic ...

The region is completely covered in snow, with massive icebergs, active volcanoes, and glaciers. While these sights are breathtaking, pilots rarely choose to fly their planes over Antarctica ...

This story appears in the July 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. The scene: a tent on Mount Erebus, an active volcano on Ross Island, Antarctica. The tent is a four-cornered tepee ...

Studies on Antarctica have documented how temperatures ... In the middle of an active volcano at the bottom of the world, dozens of fur seals bask in blowing wet snow. They are mostly unfussed ...