Natural disasters are a fact of life. There's no controlling Mother Nature, and her wrath can, at times, be staggering. Last year, natural disasters—from droughts in Africa and Russia to ...

When The Earth Swallowed a Lake. November 20, 1980, is a new day at Lake Peigneur in Louisiana. Some 9 miles north of the ...

Around 591 million years ago, Earth’s magnetic field almost collapsed. The near-disaster may have contributed to the evolution of larger and more diversified life forms, according to a new study ...

New York-based Near Space Labs has launched a new fleet of balloon-borne zero-emission robots to keep a supersharp eye on ...

The 22 billion-dollar disasters - seven linked to tropical cyclones, 13 to severe storms, one to drought, and one to wildfires - totaled $95 billion in damages, according to NOAA. Earth's warming ...

Immediately after take-off on 16 January 2003, the US space shuttle Columbia sustained some ostensibly minor damage. The seven crew were reassured by Nasa that it had "no concerns" about the craft ...

From nuclear strikes to giant spikes, discover the systems in place to prevent a collision and test your decision-making to see if you could avoid a catastrophic impact ...