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Oldest blood cells found in wounds of iceman

Oldest blood cells found in wounds of iceman


Scientists have discovered the oldest known blood cells in the wounds of Otzi, the stone age “Iceman...
Mighty Matterhorn `crumbling due to global warming`

Mighty Matterhorn `crumbling due to global warming`


Matterhorn, one of Europe’s tallest and most celebrated peaks, is falling to bits due to climate cha...
Swedes scour mountains for missing Norwegian plane

Swedes scour mountains for missing Norwegian plane


Swedish rescue helicopters and snowmobiles raced to a remote spot the Arctic mountains on Friday, ho...
Oldest fossilised forest unearthed in NY

Oldest fossilised forest unearthed in NY


An international team, who previously found evidence of the Earth’s earliest tree, has made another ...
Images capture destruction of undersea mountains

Images capture destruction of undersea mountains


New images from the depths of the Pacific Ocean have revealed the destruction of massive underwater ...
`Antarctic mountains date back to dinosaur age`

`Antarctic mountains date back to dinosaur age`


The root of the mysterious range of Antarctic mountains may be over 200 million years old, scientis...
Warbling wrens don`t just tweet, they sing duets

Warbling wrens don`t just tweet, they sing duets


They may not be Sonny and Cher, but certain South American birds sing duets, taking turns as the tun...
Old snow stays in Rockies, adds to glaciers` size

Old snow stays in Rockies, adds to glaciers` size


Scientists who monitor the effects of global warming are watching glaciers shrink all over the world...
Two Germans missing in Afghanistan

Two Germans missing in Afghanistan


The pair vanished near the Salang Pass, a major route through the Hindu Kush mountains.
Rocky Mountains may have been ‘formed by giant suction’

Rocky Mountains may have been ‘formed by giant suction’


The Rockies may have been formed when a giant suction created a counter force that thrust the mounta...
190 mn-yr-old bird-hipped dino fossils found in Antarctic mountains

190 mn-yr-old bird-hipped dino fossils found in Antarctic mountains


The remains came from a site on Mt Kirkpatrick, which divides east and west Antarctica.
Glaciers help actively growing mountains become higher

Glaciers help actively growing mountains become higher


A University of Arizona-led research team has found that glaciers can help actively growing mountain...
Why some mountains form, crumble?

Why some mountains form, crumble?


Scientists have been puzzled by mountain formation at subduction zones.

Dozens killed in bus accident in Afghan mountains


A bus plunged off a mountain road in Afghanistan`s Hindu Kush mountains on Wednesday, catching fire...
Strong quake shakes northern Chile

Strong quake shakes northern Chile


Chile was shaken by a strong 6.3 earthquake that officials said was not an aftershock from the massi...
Antarctica`s

Antarctica`s "ghost mountains" finally come into view


A team of scientists has announced that the so-called ``ghost peaks`` in the middle of Antarctica, w...
New data to shed light on ``ghost mountains`` of Antarctica

New data to shed light on ``ghost mountains`` of Antarctica


A global team of scientists announces the first set of data about most enigmatic mountain ranges on ...

Military aircraft crashes in Afghanistan: Local official


A military aircraft crashed on Thursday in a mountainous area of northern Afghanistan, a local offic...
Firefighters battle California forest fires

Firefighters battle California forest fires


More than 2,000 firefighters continued to battle a fire in the Santa Cruz mountains south of San Fra...
Climate cuts mountains down to size: Study

Climate cuts mountains down to size: Study


Climate, and not the upward thrust of Earth`s clashing tectonic plates, is the main factor limiting ...