The research team identified that at least 30% of continental crust was lost to the mantle during the formation of the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau and Zagros Mountains (potentially up to 64% for the ...

MOUNT Everest has long been considered the tallest mountain on Earth, but new research reveals it might not even come close.

Since the sediments were lightweight, instead of sinking along with the plate, they crumpled into mountain ranges—the Himalayas. By 10 million years ago the two continents were in direct ...

Rhys Fitzgerald got to the top of one Himalayan mountain as a warm-up for the world's highest peak. Slovak mountaineer Ondrej Huserka fell while descending the Lantang Lirung mountain in Nepal.

Ama Dablam, often referred to as the "Matterhorn of the Himalayas," presents one ... "Dablam" representing a pendant-like formation hanging from the mountain, resembling a traditional Sherpa ...

The Himalayan mountain range was formed after the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates collided around 50 million years ago. How does their movement continue to impact the region?

The most popular theory for the cooling was the formation of major mountain ranges — like the Himalayas. But, it’s possible that the Himalayas weren’t responsible at all according to a new ...

Global warming has put the Hindu Kush mountain range of the Himalayas — home to Mount Everest — at utmost risk with most of its glacier cover expected to melt in less than eight decades ...