Irregular rainfall distribution over the past ten million years has influenced the shape of the Andes mountain range, according to a Swiss geology professor. The result is that the western side of the ...

The common view of the Amazon is that it is one massive, unbroken forest. This impression is given by maps which tend to mark the Amazon by a large glob of green or even by its single name which doesn ...

GSA TODAY looks at individual mineral grains as key to understanding the rise of the Andes. Highlights on these and other topics are provided below. Representatives of the media may obtain ...

AbstractNew zircon trace-element concentration data and U-Pb geochronology on gneisses from Colombia’s Central Cordillera at 6°N allow for the recognition of the distinct Anacona suspect terrane ...

The Andes mountains may have growth spurts, doubling their height in as little as 2 million to 4 million years, say US researchers. Their findings suggest that current theories about plate tectonics - ...

Devil in the Mountain is the fascinating story of geologist Simon Lamb's quest to understand how the high Andes formed. It includes a wealth of real-life, even harrowing, anecdotes of fieldwork, mixed ...

An aerial view of the Andes mountains in Argentina. (Credit: Nicolas Prieto/Unsplash) There’s only one place on the planet where you can see flamingos roaming salt flats, vicuñas grazing in herds and ...

PROF. J. W. GREGORY is leaving England on Jan. 4 with an expedition to investigate some little-known parts of the coastal Cordillera of southern Peru and their relations to the Andes and to the recent ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. The Himalayas are mountains formed by the collision of two ...

Trump’s tariffs expose weakness of Switzerland’s economic independence Read more: Trump’s tariffs expose weakness of Switzerland’s economic independence How Trump is manoeuvring Switzerland closer to ...