A new study says that mountain ranges could hold vast reserves of natural hydrogen. Scientists at the GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences have discovered that hydrogen can be created through ...

Some mountain ranges are formed when two sections of the Earth’s outer surface, called tectonic plates, push against each other and the pressure forces the ground up. Not all mountains are ...

Rising mountains do more than reshape the landscape – they also drive evolutionary change, according to a new study. By simulating millions of years of tectonic uplift, researchers have uncovered a ...

Mount Everest is part of the Himalayan mountain range in Asia where many of the world’s tallest mountains are found. Earth’s surface is made up of different sections called tectonic plates.

A new study co-authored by researchers at Indiana University sheds light on how the forces that shape mountain ranges also ...

mountain ranges make up about a fifth of the Earth's surface. With their ever-changing weather, ravaging winds and freezing temperatures, mountains provide very different environments and unique ...

The Earth's plates jostle about in fits and starts that are punctuated with earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. 4 min read There are a few handfuls of major plates and dozens of smaller, or minor ...

The Matterhorn, Mont Blanc and the splendour of the Alps celebrated in this video filmed for the 'Mountains' episode of the BBC documentary Planet Earth II. "Attention. We have a #PlanetEarth2 ...

The Central Valley formed between these two budding mountain ranges, filling up with nutrient ... the greatest natural vertical drop anywhere on Earth. Retreating glaciers carved out the mountain ...

NBC’s official description for this new episode 7 of The Americas season 1 reads like this, “The Andes, Earth’s longest ...