Tag: world
San Andreas Fault – A Disaster Waiting to Commence
Some of the Western world’s major conurbations sit astride one of Earth’s most dangerous fault lines. Californian living along the San Andreas Fault are...
Galapagos Islands – Keys to Evolution
A five-week visit to this lonely group of Pacific islands by Charles Darwin changed human understanding by providing a solution to the most crucial...
Cataclysm at Krakatoa
The obliteration of the island of Krakatoa by a volcano, thought by many to be extinct, may have been the result of the loudest...
Rwenzori – Mountains of the Moon
A curtain of cloud enshrouds Africa’s elusive Mountains of the Moon, making them invisible at a ground level for some 300 days a year....
Namibia’s Fogbound Desert
An inhospitable expanse of barren emptiness stretches like a pale ribbon along Africa’s south-western coastline; the Namib. This is no ordinary desert, however, where...
Shifting Sands of the Western Erg
The shifting, barren sands of the Great Western Erg were described as ’a land of useless and irreplaceable beauty’ by the Algerian-born writer Albert...
Frasassi’s Cavernous Wonderland
In 1971, team of cave scientists exploring the area around the Frasassi Gorge near Ancona, Italy, made one of the most exciting cave discoveries....
Mont Blanc – Pinnacle of the Alps
The mighty Alps straddle the borders of seven nations. At the heart of this formidable massif lies Mont Blanc, Western Europe’s highest mountain, and...
Our Incredible Earth
Humans, with their relatively short lifespan, live with the illusion that the planet’s surface is unchanging. The processes that shape the natural landscapes are,...
The Mysterious Power of Place
Our planet Earth has some of the most spectacular landscapes, natural features and man-made structures – those that exert a magnetic quality, captivating the...
