Mount Everest increases in height by about 4 millimeters each year due to tectonic plates constantly moving. The height is changing because the Indian tectonic plate is pushing below the Eurasian ...

Scientists have been surprised to discover that despite glaciers in the Himalayas shrinking, temperatures have been dropping near the glaciers. A study published in the Nature Geoscience journal, ...

WASHINGTON — Cold War era spy satellite images are showing scientists that glaciers on the Himalayas are now melting about twice as fast as they used to. The Asian mountain range, which includes Mount ...

The Himalayan Range includes some of the youngest and most spectacular mountains on Earth, but the rugged landscape that lends it the striking beauty for which it is known can also keep scientists ...

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The collision between India and Eurasia began roughly 50 to 55 million years ago when the Indian plate crashed into the Eurasian plate, creating the foundation for what would become the world's ...

A Bengal tiger has been spotted at nearly 10,000 ft in the Himalayas, raising questions about habitat shifts and mountain wildlife conservation.

The Himalayas are a bucket-list destination for riders (and non-riders) the world over, a pinnacle of the splendor of nature. Here, the scenery varies from high-altitude desert to abundant ...

“The secret of the mountain is that the mountains simply exist, as I do myself: the mountains exist simply, which I do not. The mountains have no ‘meaning,’ they are meaning; the mountains are. The ...

Boulder, Colo., USA: The Himalayan Range includes some of the youngest and most spectacular mountains on Earth, but the rugged landscape that lends it the striking beauty for which it is known can ...