Mount Everest has grown up to 164 ft taller because of the combined forces of erosion and upward pressure from beneath ...

The Kosi River in the Himalayas once captured part of a tributary: the Arun River. It set off a chain of geological events ...

Mount Everest has been the tallest mountain in the world, likely for millions of years, but a groundbreaking study has uncovered a surprising reason why it's getting even taller.

The Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau are the highest expanse of land on the planet, with the plateau generally being 13,000 ...

Visitors to one of Texas’s most popular parks will soon be able to stroll in the shade of colossal live oaks and alongside ...

Erosion from a river network about 75km from the mountain is carving away a substantial gorge, causing it to rise up by as ...

New research has revealed that Mount Everest has grown by up to 50metres (160ft) in the last 85,000 years. This is because a ...

Mount Everest has grown up to 164ft taller because of the combined forces of erosion and upward pressure from beneath Earth’s ...

A study published today in Nature Geoscience suggested a reason for part of this accelerated growth: that when two rivers below joined up around 90,000 years ago, they set in motion large-scale ...

All North Carolina state parks west of Interstate 77 are closed through at least Oct. 31, the Division of Parks and Recreation announced. These parks include Chimney Rock, Crowders ...

Once a shining star in the suburban Miami firmament, South Miami’s cozy and eminently walkable downtown has been paying the price ever since. Shops and restaurants around the nearly deserted mall, ...

A tour of some of the nation’s elegant institutions, including the Enoura Observatory and the Chichu Art Museum, reveals an ...