Mountain environments feature steep terrain, variable climates, and diverse ecosystems, making traditional data collection ...

The snow and ice accumulated in the Swiss Alps over the winter has already melted away, a monitoring service said on Friday, ...

Richard Hartfield flips his own script and spends summer in the Swiss Alps, mending the trails he usually hikes. The post ...

In the Swiss Alpine resort of Kandersteg, officials have been closely monitoring a deteriorating mountain peak that towers ...

The Pacific Crest Trail, that legendary 2,650-mile path stretching from Mexico to Canada, passes right through Castle Crags State Park. During hiking season, you might encounter through-hikers taking ...

UPSC Essentials brings to you its initiative of subject-wise quizzes. These quizzes are designed to help you revise some of the most important topics from the static part of the syllabus. Attempt ...

Snowy and icy mountains are inherently sensitive to climate change. Very high mountains are etched with fractures filled with ice — called permafrost — which glues them together.

In Switzerland, after a glacier collapsed onto Blatten, fear is gripping the mountains The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming ...

It was such a force that it registered on every geological monitoring station in Switzerland Barbara and Otto Jaggi, in the neighbouring village of Kippel, were getting their chimney fixed.

Because the mountain range is completely covered in ice, it’s one of the least understood tectonic features on Earth. For scientists, it’s deeply puzzling.

The Gamburtsev Mountains are similar in scale and shape to the European Alps. But we can’t see them because the high alpine peaks and deep glacial valleys are entombed beneath kilometres of ice.

How hydrogen reserves forms The hydrogen found beneath these mountains likely formed through chemical reactions that took place hundreds of thousands to millions of years ago. In particular, ...