For more than a century, coal mining’s deadliest disasters have exposed the persistent dangers of methane, coal dust, flooding and collapse underground. From Benxihu to modern Shanxi, these ...

Unlike tourist-packed destinations, there are places so perilous that only a few dare to visit. The dangers come from violent conflicts, organized crime, natural disasters, or forces we still don’t ...

The climatic phenomenon is expected to return this year, but a lot has changed since what might have been the worst environmental disaster in human history.