Beutel was half-watching a live stream of Kleines Nesthorn, a mountain peak in the Swiss Alps, when he realized its cacophony ...

Analysis of mineral grains from Transantarctic Mountains bedrock indicates multiple episodes of mountain building and erosion, revealing evidence for ancient, now-eroded mountain ranges beneath ...

Because the mountain range is completely covered in ice, it’s one of the least understood tectonic features on Earth. For scientists, it’s deeply puzzling.

These majestic landscapes have always been dangerous, but as the world warms, mountains are becoming much more unpredictable — and the world is unprepared.

Archaeologists and First Nations communities uncover 693 Ice Age-era stone artifacts in a high-altitude Blue Mountains cave, ...

CENIEH scientists publish a pioneering study on this UNESCO Geopark, located between Burgos and Palencia, in which they ...

The Sutter Buttes is (unofficially) the world’s smallest mountain range. CLOSE. ... Next is a “moat”-like structure, which is formed as old rocks exposed to the elements are eroded over time.

Soil erosion is an enemy to any nation—far worse than any outside enemy coming into a country and conquering it, because it’s ...

The second and final stage of the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing begins in July, with tasks far more challenging than the ...

The Canadian Encyclopedia notes a rockslide can move up to 100 km/hr.

The findings may signify a much more dynamic Antarctic landscape history than previously recognized, including added support for a glacial period around 300 million years ago.