The Himalayas Are Still Growing Every Year Mount Everest increases in height by about 4 millimeters each year due to tectonic ...

Almost three years ago, hundreds of residents in Joshimath, India, were forced to leave after deep cracks appeared in the ...

Rainfall in the Himalayas has decreased by 15 per cent in the last 20 years, leading to a deepening water crisis.

Implications extend far beyond mountain communities. Over one billion people worldwide depend on mountain snow and glaciers ...

Guwahati, India — Indian rescue teams searched Thursday for 102 people missing after a devastating flash flood triggered by a high-altitude glacial lake burst that killed at least 10 people, officials ...

An avalanche has swept through a camp on a Himalayan mountain killing seven people, including three Americans, according to local reports. The 18,470-foot-high Mount Yalung Ri in Nepal is considered a ...

LADAKH, India (AP) — Carrying her 1-year-old son on her back, Tsering Dolma herds a dozen yaks into a stone-walled corral as evening approaches in the desolate mountains of India’s remote Ladakh ...

Nepal has the most Himalayan peaks, including eight of the world’s tallest mountains. Learn how the Himalayan range is shared ...

Mountains worldwide are experiencing climate change more intensely than lowland areas, with potentially devastating ...