Best New Trips in the World: Dive off the Coast of MontserratNovember 11, 2009 – For our annual Adventure Travel issue, we scoured the globe to find the 25 Best New Trips in the World for 2010, complete with a Best Trips photo gallery. Today, we present Montserrat. The world's far corners are now well within reach. MONTSERRAT: Dusting Off a Volcano Fourteen years after Soufrière Hills Volcano first sent pyroclastic debris flying and…
National Park CoastlinesJuly 08, 2010 – See photos of U.S. national park coastlines (including Acadia, Hawaii Volcanoes, Channel Islands, and more) in this travel photo gallery from National Geographic.
Pink Iguana Species DiscoveredJanuary 06, 2009 – The pink iguana, named after its salmon-colored skin, lives only on the Wolf volcano on the island of Isabela.
Pictures: 7 Emergency Climate FixesMarch 24, 2010 – From artificial volcanoes to sailing cloud makers, "geoengineering" may be the only option left to stop a global warming catastrophe, experts say.
Flighting Slime With Music on Lake AtitlánMarch 22, 2010 – Seventeen miles long, 11 miles wide, and at least 1,115 feet deep in places, Guatemala’s Lake Atitlán is likely one of Central America’s largest lakes. Located at 5,125 feet above sea level and surrounded by three inactive volcanoes, it fills the caldera of a volcano that last erupted 84,000 years ago and covers 53 square…
MoonsOctober 15, 2009 – With volcanoes, frozen oceans, and methane seas, moons are often much more than balls of rock circling a body other than the sun.
Space Photos This Week: Star Lagoon, Iceland AshApril 20, 2010 – Newborn stars swim in a lagoon, satellites spy Iceland's ash, a webcam catches a fiery meteor, and more in the week's best space pictures.
Guatemala Sinkhole Created by Humans, Not NatureJune 05, 2010 – Burst sewer pipes or storm drains likely carved out the cavity under Guatemala City that collapsed to form the sinkhole, a geologist says.
Volcanic Ash Stops Europe Flights—Why Ash Is DangerousApril 15, 2010 – Volcanic ash from Iceland is spreading international travel chaos due to fears over airline safety. Find out why.
Stuck in Paris? 10 Things to DoApril 21, 2010 – As a public service for people who are volcano-waylaid in Paris, cookbook author and pastry chef David Lebovitz has compiled a list of his top ten things to do if you happen to be stranded in his adopted city. His suggestions range from the delicious to the decadent, and include activities that are not expensive,…
Proof That Science Tattoos Do Not Spell Professional Doom!May 15, 2008 – Renate writes, “As a geologist and in respect to my temperament, I though a volcano tattoo would be just adequate. I got it at a time when tattoos were not as fashionable as they are now. Someone said to me ‘Oh, with such a tattoo you will never get a permanent position.’ But I have […]
Extreme Photography: James Balog on Capturing Shrinking GlaciersMarch 24, 2009 – Text by Tetsuhiko Endo; Photograph courtesy of James Balog, Extreme Ice Survey In a career spanning more than three decades, James Balog has taken glamour shots of gorillas, ascended the planet’s tallest redwoods to capture their profiles, and dodged lava flows on active volcanoes in order to document eruptions. It should come as no surprise,…
Extreme Photography: James Balog on Capturing Shrinking GlaciersMarch 24, 2009 – Text by Tetsuhiko Endo; Photograph courtesy of James Balog, Extreme Ice Survey In a career spanning more than three decades, James Balog has taken glamour shots of gorillas, ascended the planet’s tallest redwoods to capture their profiles, and dodged lava flows on active volcanoes in order to document eruptions. It should come as no surprise,…
Saving the Coral TriangleAugust 05, 2009 – When I was three years old, I made my first trip to the Philippines where my family is from and still resides today. The geometrically stunning rice terraces and lakeside volcanoes paint a landscape bound to awe anyone who’s lucky enough to get a glimpse of it. But for me it’s always been the sea,…
Headliners: Adventure in 60 SecondsJuly 14, 2008 – A roundup of the latest adventure news, by Mindy Zacharjasz Looking for the next "hot" surfing spot? Pro-surfer C. J. Kanuha caught some 200-degree waves just 20 feet from lava at what is perhaps the world’s most active volcano, Kilauea in Hawaii. A little melted surfboard wax and peeling feet (and photog Kirk Lee Aeder’s…
Beautiful BoqueteNovember 26, 2007 – While Costa Rica has emerged in recent years as an eco-tourism destination, tucked in the Chiriqui Highlands near the Baru volcano is another eco-hot-spot waiting to erupt. The town of Boquete, Panama, is quaint—mom-and-pop shops line the streets, offering a more Southern California feel than a Central American one. But life around Boquete is vibrant—abundant…