Helgi Hjorleifsson, a firefighter, is a leader in a national experiment to steer rivers of lava away from important sites.

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Lava effusion is a normal occurrence in active volcanoes, but communities should watch for lava flows, the head of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said Thursday. The ...

Death Valley is teeming with life with a once-in-a-decade blossoming of wildflowers known as a superbloom, transforming a normally brown desert landscape into carpets of gold.