After diving into the poles, it’s time to shift our focus to two of the world’s most iconic mountain ranges,the Andes and the Himalayas. As someone who’s spent much of my life near the towering peaks ...

Elizabeth Lavis planned to hike one of the highest mountains in the Bolivian Andes for her birthday. She said she climbed too quickly, lacking preparation and acclimation, and got altitude psychosis.

The south face of Aconcagua, the highest peak in South America, at 22,841 feet (6,962 meters) above sea level. (Image credit: Johnathan Esper Shutterstock) The Andes is the longest mountain range ...

The longest mountain range on land is the Andes in South America. The Andes run for over 7,000km. Other mountains (usually those that stand on their own) are created by ancient volcanoes.

Elizabeth Lavis planned to hike one of the highest mountains in the Bolivian Andes for her birthday. She said she climbed too quickly, lacking preparation and acclimation, and got altitude psychosis.

The soaring, jagged peaks of the world's second highest mountain range, the Andes, could owe their stature not to the power of the Earth but to that of the sea. So propose Simon Lamb and Paul ...

The Andes were formed by tectonic activity whereby Earth is uplifted as one plate (oceanic crust) subducts under another plate (continental crust). To get such a high mountain chain in a ...

Elizabeth Lavis planned to hike one of the highest mountains in the Bolivian Andes for her birthday. She said she climbed too quickly, lacking preparation and acclimation, and got altitude psychosis.

A species of leaf-eared mouse, called Phyllotis vaccarum, has surprised scientists by making the summits of the Andes mountains its home. The mouse holds the record for the highest living mammal.

DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118009 How did the Andes—the world's longest mountain range—reach its enormous size?

How did the Andes – the world's longest mountain range – reach its enormous size? This is just one of the geological questions that a new method developed by researchers at the University of ...