Wide Angle: Earth's Greatest Mountains
Everest and the great mountains share similar histories, mysteries, challenges and a lot of intriguing science. We explore how these giants grew -- and keep growing -- to such heights, even while Earth's weather as been madly tearing them apart.
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Himalayan Glaciers Seem to Be Growing
Perched on the soaring Karakoram mountains in the Western Himalayas, a group of some 230 glaciers are bucking the global warming trend. They're growing.
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IM Interview: Earth's Aneurysms
The scoop: Once upon a time, not very long ago, geologists were taught that mountains were built from below.It was a fertile time and it coincided with interest in the problem from other mountain belts, other people. larryo': Was the idea considered radical?Seems that I first heard bits about this in the 90s, and I...
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Mountainous Effects
Ten extremely big things mountains do to the world, and themselves. HowStuffWorks explains.
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