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 ...

The Himalaya Mountains, known for their cold and snow, . But where's all that water going? Into lakes — thousands upon thousands — nestled high in the mountains. As the climate warms, glacial water ...

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 ...

Astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) shot these photographs of the Himalayas, the Tibetan Plateau, and the Indo-Gangetic plain. A team of researchers at the Stanford Doerr School ...

A recent study reveals the Himalayas' enduring strength stems not just from thick crust but from a rigid slice of Earth's ...

Some people in northern India are seeing the view of the Himalayan mountain range for the first time in their lives, thanks to a drop in air pollution caused by the country's coronavirus lockdown.

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 ...

A Robbins Double Shield TBM working in the Himalayas mountain range has broken through about one year ahead of the overall project schedule, and seven months ahead of the tunnel boring machine (TBM) ...

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 ...