Some stories sound made up until you see the evidence lined along the shore. In northern Tanzania, Lake Natron transforms dead animals into eerie, statue-like forms that look carved rather than ...

Africa’s Great Lakes are experiencing a significant rise in water levels, a phenomenon that has captured the attention of scientists, environmentalists, and the global community. While Africa is often ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Two small, beady eyes are watching me. I’m close enough to see light swirling around the green irises, the black pupils reduced to the ...

The arid region sometimes develops lakes after heavy rain, hinting at how the desert may have once had a different climate. Reading time 2 minutes Behold Sebkha el Melah, an ephemeral lake in Algeria, ...

The Great Lakes region that encompasses Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo is among Africa’s most beautiful regions. Cloud-covered volcanos, terraced fields, lush jungles, ...

Three closely grouped lakes in Ethiopia's Great Rift Valley have distinctly different hues thanks to a combination of unique features. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Why it's incredible: The lake contains huge amounts of explosive carbon dioxide and methane. Lake Kivu is a giant body of water that is so saturated with carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane at its depths ...

In the 1960s, North central Africa’s Lake Chad was larger than the state of Vermont but is now smaller than Rhode Island. NASA-funded researchers using computer models and climate data now understand ...

Pierre Rochette receives funding from Agence Nationale de la Recherche (French ministry of Science), ET-Megafire grant ANR-21-CE49-0014-03. His mission to Iro lake was supported by the University of N ...

Research Director FRS-FNRS, Associate Professor at ULiège, Université de Liège One of the keys to predicting climate change is the modelling of how greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from natural ...

As intense heatwaves grip the United Kingdom, Spain, France and Portugal, at times exceeding temperatures 40C, as well as parts of North America and Asia, lakes around the world are feeling the heat ...