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A river is pushing up Mount Everest’s peak

October 1, 2024

Garnet washed up as pink sand on a beach in Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park. Photo credit: University of Adelaide.

A mountainous mystery uncovered in Australia’s pink sands

Aaron Bufe investigates the weathering of rocks. | © C. Trepmann

Rock weathering and climate: Low-relief mountain ranges are largest carbon sinks

Roman DiBiase, associate professor of geosciences at Penn State, stands on a boulder in a river channel in central Taiwan. Credit: Provided by Julia Carr . All Rights Reserved.

How Water Shapes Mountain Ranges Over Time

Map of the tectonic plates (credit: Getty Images)

How did the Andes Mountains get so huge?

Mountain glacier melt to contribute 12 centimeters to world sea-level increases...

September 15, 2011

Ancient raindrops reveal a wave of mountains sent south by sinking...

September 15, 2011

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