Canada & the North
Many travelers put Iceland on their bucket list to experience the northern lights or the midnight sun. But that is not the only spectacular show of nature that Iceland provides. This island, the second largest in Europe, is right where the North American and Eurasian plate boundaries meet.
News & More
Quiet, small-but-deep Crawford Lake in Canada’s Niagara Escarpment in Ontario may soon become the symbolic starting point for a radical new chapter in Earth’s official history: the Anthropocene, or the Age of Humans.
Nature & Wildlife
Yellowstone has been nicknamed the “American Serengeti” because, like its East African counterpart, it is also a vast ecosystem of open plains, savanna and woodlands. It consists of approximately 12,000 square miles and is even home to its own “Big Five” for wildlife sightings— bears (grizzly and black), wolves, bison, elk and moose.
Nature & Wildlife
Despite the fact that we are currently experiencing the Earth’s sixth mass extinction crisis, I take great solace in knowing that life here is still amazingly diverse. And, somewhat surprisingly, the hot spots for that extraordinary and baffling biological richness occur in our planet’s mountainous regions—especially those found in the tropics.
Nature & Wildlife
Rocks are unmoving. They are solid and stoic, massive and stolid; forever dependable as an essential part of the Earth’s crust. Promontories and peaks, cliffs and crags, are all rocks. Even the very word rock implies a brand of strength, sturdiness and stability, unchanging over the millennia. That’s the conventional view, anyway.
Antarctica & Arctic
There’s a myth that Iceland got its name because Viking settlers didn’t want people flocking to their verdant island. They wanted to make sure that their descriptor for the place would deter interlopers and visitors.
U.S. National Parks
The Earth’s surface has so many different colors, features and forms that it’s not hard to understand why early scientists found it difficult to determine what was responsible for creating the natural landscapes that surround us.
Galapagos Islands
[Excerpts from Adventure Guide to Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands, by Peter D. Krahenbuhl] Set far off the coast of northwestern South America in the Pacific Ocean, the Galápagos Islands are often called the “Islands Born of Fire” due to their volcanic origin.
Galapagos Islands
We’ve seen quite a few photos of the recent eruption of Wolf Volcano on Isabela Island. Unfortunately, volcanic eruptions, though usually dramatic and spectacular to behold in person, are notoriously difficult to capture on film.
Galapagos Islands
Wolf Volcano erupted yesterday after 33 years of inactivity, according to a report released by the Galapagos National Park. The volcano, which is located on Isabela Island, is the highest point in the archipelago at 5,600 feet above sea level.
