Scientists explain what gave Everest its height advantage over its neighbors and contributes to making it grow taller (by ...

Earth's highest peak has gained as much as an extra 165 feet in elevation as the planet's crust adjusts due to erosion from a ...

“Mount Everest is a remarkable mountain of myth and legend and it’s still growing,” said study author Adam Smith in a ...

The world’s tallest peak is still growing, scientists say, thanks in part to the merger of two nearby river systems tens of ...

Bhutan is hoarding bitcoins as abundant and cheap electricity turn this remote and peaceful Buddhist corner of South Asia ...

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

Unless India has a plan to build climate-resilient urban infrastructure, the flooding of cities will become more intense in the future ...

A recent study published in Springer Nature Journal reveals that thick snow cover in the central Himalayas has decreased by ...

Uttarakhand’s water-related fairs celebrate the deep connection between rivers and local culture and honour rivers as ...

These tiny plastic particles, less than 5 mm in size, are infiltrating one of the most remote and pristine ecosystems on ...

Mount Everest is the world's tallest mountain, towering over other peaks in the Himalayas at 29,032 feet above sea level. It ...

Prior to Manaslu, Andrews ran dozens of trails above 16,000 feet in the Himalayas. His FKT on Manaslu was his second attempt ...