Geography
‘Door To Hell’ is finally closing after burning for 54 years

‘Door To Hell’ is finally closing after burning for 54 years

Scientists have announced that the fire is starting to fade. ‘Door To Hell’ is finally closing after burning for 54 years. The Door To Hell, or the Darvaza gas crater, lies in Turkmenistan’s Karakum Desert. It was formed in 1971 when Soviet geologists accidentally collapsed a natural gas chamber while drilling, and fearing the release […]

7 months ago

Huge lake suddenly reappears 130 years after vanishing

Huge lake suddenly reappears 130 years after vanishing

A huge lake in California has reappeared suddenly – 130 years after it disappeared Tulare Lake used to be one of America’s biggest bodies of water, but back in the late 1800s, colonialists drained the water in order to create arable farmland. Prior to being drained, Lake Tulare was known to be the biggest freshwater […]

2 years ago

London named among 36 global cities that will be underwater first

London named among 36 global cities that will be underwater first

Another city close to home will also be one of the first to go underwater With rising sea levels happening all across the world causing frequent flooding, it’s only a matter of time before the first cities begin to submerge underwater. And according to research conducted by Matthew h. Mash, co-founder of the swiftest, in […]

2 years ago

People can’t get their heads around how Edinburgh is further west than Bristol

People can’t get their heads around how Edinburgh is further west than Bristol

But it’s on the east coast of Scotland! People are being left completely dumbfounded by a map that proves Edinburgh is further west than Bristol. The Scottish capital, which is located on Scotland’s EAST coast, still sits further west than the west country of England in a geographical riddle that has to be seen to […]

2 years ago

World’s newest island appears after underwater volcanic eruption

World’s newest island appears after underwater volcanic eruption

A brand new island has emerged in the Pacific Ocean after an underwater volcanic eruption. The land mass is about 100 metres in diameter and 20 metres in height and was formed about a kilometre off the coast of the Japanese island of Iwo Jima. Aerial footage shows a dark cloud of ash above the […]

2 years ago

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