Famous for its bright colors and otherworldly scenery formed by mineral deposits, the region will entice visitors with ...

The Dallol hydrothermal pools are harsh environments. (Image credit: Shutterstock) Unearthly greens and yellows color the scorching-hot landscape surrounding the Dallol volcano in northern Ethiopia.

Live Science reports a lively he-said-she-said over the potential for life in an extreme environment around a volcano in Ethiopia. One group sought to prove a negative and demonstrate that the ...

But there are still locations where no life can exist. Scientists have learned that in the extremely acidic, hot, salty ponds of Ethiopia's Dallol geothermal field, no microbial life exists. Dallol ...

image: Hyperacid, hypersaline and hot ponds in the geothermal field of Dallol (Ethiopia). Despite the presence of liquid water, this multi-extreme system does not allow the development of life ...

Allana Potash will make the final decision on whether to proceed with the Dallol potash project, in Ethiopia, by mid-2012.