Stretching like a colossal spine along western South America, the Andes stand as the world's longest mountain range. It spans ...

The world's longest mountain chain stretches along the entire west coast of South America, but scientists have been struggling to explain how it formed. Published Dec. 1 in Nature, research led by ...

Mount Everest stands at 29,032 feet and is still growing. A river merger from 89,000 years ago is partly responsible for Everest’s continued height increase. The mountain gains up to 2 millimeters per ...

Mount Everest is astoundingly tall at 29,032 feet above sea level, besting its Himalayan neighbors by hundreds of feet. But the world’s tallest peak is still growing, scientists say, thanks in part to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Based on a series of models considering how the continents were ...