Like many Sicilians from Catania, the 18-year-old has learnt quickly how to make her way home on a road covered in volcanic dust during one of the volcano's 11 eruptions in the past three weeks.

Mount Pelée (1902) Death toll: 30,000 It’s considered the worst volcanic disaster of the 20th century. Krakatoa (1883) Death toll: 36,000 The eruption cast so much dust into the atmosphere ...

Europe's largest desert has “spread black dust” across the continent. Iceland is home to the largest and most active desert ...

Scientists release first analyses of samples from China’s Chang’e-6 mission, which landed on the lunar far side.