mountains

A new pair of images from NASA shows the growth of one of the largest surface mines in West Virginia during the past 25 years.

The toxic pollutants called PCBs have been found in snow on the Aconcagua Mountain, the highest mountain in the Americas.

Uplift from glacier melt and erosion balance to keep Alps at same size.

Radar images, models show mountain heights most affected by glacial action.

The lowest levels of oxygen in humans were recorded from climbers breathing ambient air on Mount Everest.

Scientists will search for an Antarctic mountain range hidden beneath 2.5 miles of ice.

New U.S. Geological Survey book documents retreat of Alaskan glaciers.

Glaciers of Pyrenees mountains could disappear by 2050 from global warming.

Tibetan Plateau and Himalayas had more complicated formation than was thought.

Warming temperatures bring earlier springs, leave flowers vulnerable to frost.