The Danakil Depression, situated in a desert stretch approximately 200km long, holds the record for being the lowest point on earth, lying 100m below sea level - nearly twice that of Death Valley.
Another one of the hottest places on the planet — with temperatures regularly reaching 50°C — the Danakil Desert is one of the most inhospitable places on Earth. On top of the unbearable ...
A new study finds that ocean acidity may have prevented life on Earth from developing for the planet’s first 500 million ...