Elephant Rock is a real rock formation located in the Westman Islands archipelago, roughly 4.5 miles off Iceland's South Coast. As a result, we've rated this claim true. Atlas Obscura ...

When it comes to the fall of the Roman Empire, this climate shift may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back.” ...

The investigation began with a geological mystery: the presence of rocks that, by their nature, do not match the types of formations currently present ... creating a chaotic mix that becomes trapped ...

The water pools in cracks and crevices. Then, at night, the temperature drops and the water expands as it turns to ice, splitting the rock like a sledgehammer to a wedge. The next day, under the ...