University of Bristol palaeontologist Professor Mike Benton has said that the ancestors of both mammals and birds became warm-blooded at the same time, some 250 million years ago. Around this time, life was recovering from the greatest mass extinction of all time – the Great Dying. The Great Dying mass extinction killed around 90 per cent … Read more
Death from above! Face of Mexican ‘Day of the Dead’ symbol ‘the Elegant Skull’ appears in volcanic ash cloud weeks before the annual festival Ash in a picture of a volcanic eruption has been likened to The Elegant Skull La Calavera Catrina is the unofficial face of Mexico’s ‘Day of the Dead’ festival The picture of the Popocatepetl volcano … Read more
Priti Patel ‘looked at sending asylum seekers thousands of miles from the UK to tiny volcanic islands in the South Atlantic while their cases were considered’ Ms Patel abandoned the plan after instructing officials to drill down into logistics St Helena island was also touted as a potential site for the processing facility Labour said … Read more
Millions of chunks from a giant pumice ‘island’ that, this time last year, was twice the size of Manhattan have started washing ashore in eastern Australia. Researches traced the rocks’ origin to an underwater volcano that erupted near the Tongan island of Vava’u in August 2019. The volcanic rocks picked up an array of marine … Read more
Earth cooled rapidly 13,000 years ago and the reason behind this is a series of volcanic eruptions which caused the average global temperature to drop by 3°C, a study claims. It was previously believed that a meteorite impact was responsible, but a new study has found this to be incorrect. Previous theories were based on … Read more
Volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean is experiencing a ‘growth spurt’ – adding nearly 500 feet of land in under a month Nishinoshimay, a volcanic island, sits some 600 miles south of Tokyo, Japan Experts observed multiple eruptions since May that have added to its land mass Since June, some 500 feet has been added … Read more
Scientists say a massive volcanic eruption in Alaska more than 2,500 years ago triggered a global climate shock on the other side of the Earth that led to the fall of the Roman Republic. The eruption of Mount Okmok on an Alaskan island in the year 43 BC – an event known as ‘Okmok II’ – … Read more
Burning coal in Siberia ignited by volcanic eruptions led to catastrophic global warming that caused the Earth’s most severe extinction event 250 million years ago Scientists argue magma burned through seams of coal exacerbating warming End Permian extinction saw around 90 per cent of life on Earth wiped out Researchers warm it is an early … Read more
If there’s one memory of the voyage around Indonesia’s Lesser Sunda Islands I cherish above all others it’s the moment I found a pile of lemony sleeping bags on the deck of our boat, the Ombak Putih. They were there as an invitation to adventure. Abandon your cabin, they said, and sleep on deck. Dream … Read more
Inside the incredible 330ft-long volcanic cavern that’s smothered in lush vegetation and home to an underground lake The Algar do Carvão is a volcanic cavern located on Terceira, one of the largest islands in the Azores The top of the vent is surrounded by green vegetation and there is a manmade staircase inside for visitors … Read more