The vast mountains are believed to be at least a billion years old, but they could date back as far as four billion years to ...

For the mountaineers, climbing the peaks of Mount Everest is the piece de resistance of their careers. What a lot of people don't realize is that accomplishing ...

Mount Ibu on the remote ­island of Halmahera in North Maluku province erupted on Wednesday, sending a column of smoke up to 4km into the sky. The volcano’s alert status was immediately raised ...

Mount Ibu, located on the remote island of Halmahera in North Maluku province, erupted on Wednesday, sending a column of smoke up to 4km into the sky. The volcano's alert status was immediately ...

Mount Everest is indeed the world's highest mountain, with its peak standing at 8,849m (that's 8.8km) above the ocean.

WHEN you think of Britain, the first word that springs to mind probably isn't "volcano" – but our tiny nation is littered with the things. There are dozens of long-extinct volcanoes across the ...

What is the hottest volcano of them all? It depends on how you define “hottest,” but a fascinating new analysis crunches the numbers in a few different ways, using satellite observations of 95 of ...

Over 6,000 different people have climbed the treacherous Mount Everest & a few of those name have hailed from Texas. Each of those names have had an amazing story to tell. Of course you don't need ME ...

The magnitude 6.8 quake’s epicentre was about 80km (50 miles) north of Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain. Tremors also shook buildings in neighbouring Nepal, Bhutan and India on Tuesday.

including Olympus Mons (the largest volcano in the solar system; 2.5 times the height of Mount Everest’s height at sea level, and 100 times larger than any volcano on Earth), Arsia Mons, Pavonia Mons, ...

Since 1997, scientists have kept a careful eye on it using instruments that measure pressure on the ocean floor. Data shows that the volcano has been swelling, with changing rates that hint at an ...