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Tremor rocks Kashmir

Last Updated: Sunday, December 30, 2012, 11:39

A moderate intensity quake rocked the Kashmir valley Saturday night although no damage to life or property was reported.

Hawaiian Islands `dissolving from within`

Last Updated: Saturday, December 22, 2012, 17:05

Oahu’s Koolau and Waianae mountains will be reduced to nothing more than a flat, low-lying island like Midway someday.

Gunmen kill 11 in Mexican mountain city

Last Updated: Monday, December 10, 2012, 11:18

Gunmen killed at least 11 people in Guadalupe y Calvo, a city in northern Mexico`s Tarahumara Mountains, officials said Sunday.

Caterpillars in Tibetan mountains could hold key to new anti-inflammatory drugs

Last Updated: Thursday, November 15, 2012, 22:05

Caterpillar fungi (Cordyceps) - rare parasites found on hibernating caterpillars in the mountains of Tibet, are offering new hope for sufferers of asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, renal failure and stroke damage.

Oldest modern human fossil in Southeast Asia found in Laos

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 21, 2012, 11:02

Researchers have described an ancient skull recovered from a cave in the Annamite Mountains in northern Laos as the oldest modern human fossil found in Southeast Asia.

Mighty Matterhorn `crumbling due to global warming`

Last Updated: Thursday, April 5, 2012, 16:13

Matterhorn, one of Europe’s tallest and most celebrated peaks, is falling to bits due to climate change, a new study has revealed.

Swedes scour mountains for missing Norwegian plane

Last Updated: Friday, March 16, 2012, 14:17

Swedish rescue helicopters and snowmobiles raced to a remote spot the Arctic mountains on Friday, hoping to find a Norwegian military transport aircraft.

Oldest fossilised forest unearthed in NY

Last Updated: Thursday, March 1, 2012, 18:22

An international team, who previously found evidence of the Earth’s earliest tree, has made another feat.

Images capture destruction of undersea mountains

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 7, 2011, 13:45

New images from the depths of the Pacific Ocean have revealed the destruction of massive underwater mountains as one of Earth’s most violent processes.

`Antarctic mountains date back to dinosaur age`

Last Updated: Monday, November 21, 2011, 21:53

The root of the mysterious range of Antarctic mountains may be over 200 million years old, scientists have claimed.

Warbling wrens don`t just tweet, they sing duets

Last Updated: Friday, November 4, 2011, 11:01

They may not be Sonny and Cher, but certain South American birds sing duets, taking turns as the tune goes along.

Old snow stays in Rockies, adds to glaciers` size

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 09:55

Scientists who monitor the effects of global warming are watching glaciers shrink all over the world, but this year could be an exception in parts of the Rocky Mountains.