Mount Everest is known as the Majestic Peak of Asia because it is the highest mountain on the continent and the tallest peak ...

Ecological stress takes the form of failed rains, erratic snowfall, vanishing water streams and dried-up rivulets.

Martian winds can have quite an impact. ESA's Mars Express has spotted them whipping up sand grains and acting as a cosmic ...

Third Pole of the Earth: Mount Everest is known as the Third Pole of the Earth because the Himalayan region around it stores the largest amount of snow and ice outside the Arctic and Antarctic, making ...

Planning a trip to Mukteshwar? Tucked away in the Kumaon Hills of Uttarakhand’s Nainital district, Mukteshwar is a serene ...

Bright patches of light, known as sun dogs, appear when sunlight bends through hexagonal ice crystals in high-altitude clouds. These dazzling displays ...

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Sept. 22 (UPI) --The outdoor clothing company Arc'teryx offered apologies following backlash after a firework advertisement along the Himalayan mountains left critics wondering how it got approved by ...

In the Himalayas, when the elevation surpasses 8,000 feet, it starts to get hard to breathe. As you continue to climb, the air gets even thinner and barely anything is seen growing or living that high ...

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 ...