Climate

A powerful earthquake measuring 6.2 in magnitude struck the Dodecanese island chain near Rhodes, Greece and the southwestern coast of Türkiye in the early hours of Tuesday, causing widespread alarm across the eastern Mediterranean. The tremor was recorded at 2:17 AM local time at a depth of 68 kilometres (42 miles), according to the European-Mediterranean…

Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, erupted on Monday morning, releasing a large ash plume into the atmosphere and triggering lava flows along its southeastern slope. The eruption began at approximately 11:24 a.m. local time and was the most powerful since 2014, according to the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV). The ash column…