The city was later destroyed by a massive volcanic eruption, the same one that created Santorini’s contemporary geography. In fact, it’s sometimes referred to as Santorini’s Pompeii.

Santorini’s economy is highly dependent on the tourism sector. Every year, over 2.5 million people visit the island. The island, which is inhabited by nearly 20,000 residents, tourism is a lifeline.

Only two of Santorini's five islands are inhabited, and tourists typically spend most if not all their time on the largest island, Thira. Sitting off the main island's northwest coast is the ...

Mykonos and Santorini. The region consists of two small islands individually known as Kato (lower) Koufonissi and Ano (upper) Koufonissia with a population of only 336 to 391 residents ...

We don't drink enough water when we fly.' And our guts can also be affected by geography. 'We have these microbes that live in, around and on us,' explains Lisa. 'But they're also in the environment.

Urban populations ebb and flow as the pulse of human mobility reshapes the cityscape. This paper shows a spatiotemporal scaling laws revealing hidden patterns in these dynamic shifts, linking them ...

Mar. 28, 2025 — Why do some plants thrive in specific regions but not in others? A study explores the factors shaping plant distributions and how these patterns have changed over millions of ...

The mission of the Department of Physical Geography is to be at the forefront of research in Earth Surface Dynamics. Our knowledge and understanding of Earth’s continental and coastal systems ...