Lake Ilopango, El Salvador is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 21 crew member on the International Space Station. The Central American country of El Salvador occupies a land area ...

A Maya pyramid in what is today El Salvador was built in the wake of a giant, climate-cooling volcanic explosion to 'guard against future eruptions', a study has found. The AD 539 'Tierra Blanca Joven ...

Women wash clothes in the polluted waters of the Lake of Ilopango, 9km east of San Salvador, capital of El Salvador, on Oct. 11, 2014. The Lake of Ilopango, of volcanic origin, is polluted by garbage ...

TORONTO American paleoecologist Dr. Robert Dull believes he’s pretty much solved the mystery behind a catastrophic global climate change event from the sixth century. As the new History series Perfect ...

TORONTO - American paleoecologist Dr. Robert Dull believes he's pretty much solved the mystery behind a catastrophic global climate change event from the sixth century. As the new History series ...

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