Catastrophes

The place where you can gaze into our planet's molten heart

• Volcano

Climate change likely played a role – could it happen again?

• Britain

Mesoamerica’s famous civilisation mysteriously fell about 1,000 years ago

• Archeology

Cities and islands really have been lost to the ocean

• Oceans

At one point in history, almost all life on Earth disappeared. Now we know why

• Extinction

A collapsing volcano created a powerful tsunami

• Tsunami

The Sun sometimes blasts Earth with superhot plasma

• Sun

A wave of death once swept the oceans

• Extinction

And how the story of Atlantis may be one of them

• Volcano

Including the most deadly volcano of the future

• Volcano

Ice-bound Earth may have birthed animals

• Evolution