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Easter Island consists of several extinct volcanoes ... Colombian geologists left for Easter Island to accurately date the volcanic island. To do so, they resorted to a tried-and-tested recipe ...
Cavendish bananas are under threat from a fungus that has wiped out other varieties. The island of Tenerife may have the ...
Then, it was never seen on the island again — until now. “The Galápagos rail, a secretive bird thought to be extinct on Floreana, has been found on the island for the first time since Charles ...
The towering undersea volcano known as Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai had awakened, and on a balmy afternoon in January 2022 it began blasting its insides into the sky above this Pacific island chain ...
A volcanic crater lake and hidden ... to an expansive crater lake nestled in an extinct volcano. Visit Belmont Estate. Savor ...
Kerry Murray for The New York Times On São Miguel, restaurants bury cauldrons of the meat-and-vegetable stew known as cozido in deep holes in designated areas of the island’s steaming volcanic ...
More than 500 years ago, in AD 1452, the island of Kuwae experienced a massive catastrophe known as the Tombuk eruption. The eruption created a massive caldera (a depression formed by a volcanic ...
The Heard Island and McDonald Islands ... and only accessible via a seven-day boat journey from Perth, the volcanic islands have been included on the White House's list of "countries" subject ...
remote Nishinoshima island in the Ogasawara island chain is still showing signs of volcanic activity. A survey from an Asahi Shimbun aircraft on Nov. 3 confirmed white fumarolic gas rising from ...
Some extinct volcanoes may be harboring a cache ... formed around 1,600 million years ago following intense volcanic activity," said CNN. Was it a "geological accident," or "is there something ...