Mountains cover a quarter of the Earth's land surface and are home to about 12 percent of the global population. They are the sources of all the world's major rivers, affect regional weather patterns, ...

California is a world within a state — home to towering mountains, vast deserts, volcanic fields, and lush forests. From the ...

Taiwan is a land of dramatic contrasts — from the towering mountains that dominate the island’s east to the fertile plains ...

In the 10th century, an Arab geographer described the Caucasus region as a "mountain of tongues." The nickname has stuck to this day, likely because of how well it captures two of the area's main ...

It’s not every day a new mountain is discovered. But then there’s the day you discover thousands of them. As you might suspect, it’s hard to hide thousand-meter-high mountains anywhere on Earth … ...

With climate change causing a water supply crisis in high mountain Asia, a panel of experts, including Don, gathered in summer 2024 to discuss the biophysical and human impacts of this crisis in an ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KING, N.C. — For artist Duncan Lewis, it’s a ...