mountains

Geological analysis of whiteschist shows rapid upward movements, conflicting with previous assumptions

New approach yields results suggesting that the typical method for mountain building doesn't hold for southern Italy

New scientific finding marks the first documented discovery of Pallas’s Cat on the world’s highest mountain

Scientists discover evidence of 187 taxonomic orders from water collected in one of the Earth’s harshest environments

To peer deep into the Earth, scientists use the most powerful waves on the planet, which are generated by massive earthquakes

New publications discuss snowpack changes and their implications in the Great Basin

The first sequenced Himalayan marmot genome may better explain how the marmots live in such extremes

Declining water levels in the Great Salt Lake contribute to snowmelt

A research team found that more than 700 fatal landslides that occurred between 2004 and 2016 had a human fingerprint

For the first time, UMass Amherst geoscientists offer some direct evidence of how the Adirondack Mountains may have formed