In the Hindu Kush Himalayas, snow is vital for rivers, ecosystems, and the water security for two billion people across eight ...

The Himalayas shape our planet's climate in ways that reach far beyond their towering peaks. These magnificent mountains ...

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 ...

Mention prime geography for generation of solar energy, and people tend to think of hot deserts. But a new study concludes that some of the world's coldest landscapes -- including the Himalaya ...

Geologically, the Himalayas stand as the most impressive natural monument on our planet Earth. Its snow-capped mountain peaks ...

For the first time in the history of the world, billions of people have stopped what they were doing and are hiding indoors, fearful that an invisible enemy might get them. And as tragic as all this ...

The world's highest and most spectacular mountains, the Himalaya of Nepal, India, and Bhutan, are built on the foundations of a much older mountain system, University of Arizona geoscientists have ...

For centuries the Himalaya have served as a geographical transition zone between different ecosystems and different ethnic groups of people situated between the lowlands of the Indo-Gangetic plains ...

India has deployed its Russian-made T-90 tanks against Chinese forces in the disputed border region of Ladakh. But moving 45-ton tanks in a mountainous region with poor roads and bridges comes with ...