The geology of the Himalayas is a record of the most dramatic and visible creations of the immense mountain range formed by plate tectonic forces and sculpted by weathering and erosion. The Himalayas, ...

Scientists may have just toppled a 100-year-old theory about what holds up the highest mountain range on Earth, new research shows. The Himalayan mountains formed in the collision between the Asian ...

Glaciers in India’s northeastern state of Sikkim are melting at a faster rate compared to those in other Himalayan regions, a study has revealed, confirming a development that had been discernible ...

THE fourth part of the sketch of the geography and geology of the Himalayas is entirely the work of Mr. H. H. Hayden, and is devoted to a review of the present state of our knowledge of the Himalayas.

Matthew J. Kohn receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy. These minerals are found in metamorphic rocks – rocks transformed by heat, pressure or both. One of ...

DEHRADUN: Following a string of devastating natural calamities, including the 2013 Kedarnath tragedy, the 2021 Chamoli disaster, and the recent Dharali incident, India's scientific community is ...

DEHRADUN: New research indicates a significant "snow drought" across the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region, with specific findings from Dehradun’s Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG) pointing ...

Dehradun: A recent warning from scientists has brought attention to a grave risk in the Himalayan region: a major earthquake could strike the central Himalayas, including Uttarakhand, at any time.

Dehradun: A new scientific study, published in the Journal of Earth System Science, sounded alarm over a sharp rise in deadly ...

Scientists may have just toppled a 100-year-old theory about what holds up the highest mountain range on Earth, new research shows. The Himalayan mountains formed in the collision between the Asian ...