Matthew J. Kohn receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy. These minerals are found in metamorphic rocks – rocks transformed by heat, pressure or both. One of ...

The Himalayas Mountain Range stretches across South and Central Asia, forming the highest and most extensive mountain system ...

The youngest and oldest mountain ranges on Earth: It might surprise you to know that mountains aren't static; they are constantly being formed and weathered away over millions, even billions, of years ...

How and when do mountains grow? It is tempting to think of mountain formation as something that takes place only extremely gradually, on timescales of tens of millions of years. One tectonic plate ...

PUNJAB, India — People in India are under a nationwide lockdown to combat the coronavirus pandemic, but some are awestruck by what they're finally seeing outside their homes. Some in the northern ...

If you think about mountain ranges like the Andes or the Himalayas, you can come up with multiple factors that must affect their size and shape. There’s the collision of tectonic plates that squeezes ...

Scientists warn shrinking snow cover and faster melt could reshape rivers, ecosystems and disaster risks across the region ...

The Himalayas stand as Earth’s highest mountain range, possibly the highest ever. How did it form? Why is it so tall? You might think understanding big mountain ranges requires big measurements – ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) These minerals are found in metamorphic rocks – rocks transformed by heat, pressure or ...