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Pioneering University of Stirling-led research has revealed the diverse and damaging impact Himalayan balsam has on river ...

Bushfires are strongly driven by weather: hot, dry and windy conditions can combine to create the perfect environment for ...

The rocks on the summit of Mount Everest were created in a warm and shallow sea many years before the Himalayas were formed.

The Peninsular Gneiss is a foundational rock formation that represents one of the earliest continental crusts formed on Earth ...

Located in the Nyingchi region of Xizang, Namcha Barwa rises 7,782 meters and stands as the highest peak on the eastern tip ...

The Aravalli controversy has resurfaced after the Supreme Court stayed a disputed definition of the range — the oldest in ...

Professor C R Babu is a leading environmentalist and ecologist from the University of Delhi, known for restoring degraded ...

Did you know that India is home to seven major mountain ranges? They are the Himalayas, the Aravalli, Vindhya, Satpura, ...

Figure 1. Model showing the crustal structure and stress field of the Eastern Himalayas. Two vertical faces are receiver function images across-strike and along-strike of the Himalayas. There is a ...

Towering 8,848 meters above sea level, Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth — but how did it come to be? This video explains the collision of tectonic plates, the rise of the Himalayas, and the ...