STROMBOLI volcano erupted on Sunday (October 9) morning, unleashing a dramatic plume of smoke and a lava flow that reached the sea. No casualties or damage were reported. The Stromboli volcano, located in southern Italy off the Sicilian coast, is one of t...

In central Africa a giant slab of carbon-rich peat land, discovered by a team of British and Congolese scientists, is under threat from oil companies and farming. The carbon must be kept in the ground to avoid accelerating climate change, but some plots...