Astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) shot these photographs of the Himalayas, the Tibetan Plateau, and the Indo-Gangetic plain. A team of researchers at the Stanford Doerr School ...

The youngest and oldest mountain ranges on Earth: It might surprise you to know that mountains aren't static; they are constantly being formed and weathered away over millions, even billions, of years ...

Craig Robert Martin receives funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Breathing quickly in the thin mountain air, my colleagues and I set down our equipment. We’re at the base of a jagged ...

Young Fold Mountain: The Himalayas are called the Young Fold Mountains because they formed recently in geological history and continue to rise every year. Their sharp peaks, deep valleys and rugged ...