Mountainous regions are home to a breadth of biodiversity found in few other ecosystems on Earth, but where does it all come from? Scientists have traced back plant life in the mountains of China 30 ...

A study published in Nature Geoscience reports new findings on the effects that erosion has on the carbon cycle. The study comes from a group of researchers led by Aaron Bufe and Niels Hovius of the ...

Australian scientists have come up with a new theory about the movement of tectonic plates that explains why and when some mountains form - and crumble. Geophysicist Dr Wouter Schellart, of Monash ...

The recent unearthing of mysterious rock formations in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has left experts scratching ...