Two Germans missing in Afghanistan

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 10:10

The pair vanished near the Salang Pass, a major route through the Hindu Kush mountains.

Rocky Mountains may have been ‘formed by giant suction’

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 17:30

The Rockies may have been formed when a giant suction created a counter force that thrust the mountains upward.

Cheryl wants mountain medidation

Last Updated: Thursday, January 6, 2011, 18:39

A relaxed, six-month long break on a mountain is all that British singer Cheryl Cole wants.

Cheryl wants to meditate on mountains

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 5, 2011, 09:25

A relaxed, six-month long break on a mountain is all Cheryl wants.

Glaciers help actively growing mountains become higher

Last Updated: Friday, September 17, 2010, 10:54

A University of Arizona-led research team has found that glaciers can help actively growing mountains become higher by protecting them from erosion.

Why some mountains form, crumble?

Last Updated: Friday, July 16, 2010, 14:55

Scientists have been puzzled by mountain formation at subduction zones.

Dozens killed in bus accident in Afghan mountains

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 18:30

A bus plunged off a mountain road in Afghanistan`s Hindu Kush mountains on Wednesday, catching fire and leaving as many as 35 people dead, though authorities were still pulling burned bodies from the wreckage.

Strong quake shakes northern Chile

Last Updated: Friday, March 5, 2010, 09:23

Chile was shaken by a strong 6.3 earthquake that officials said was not an aftershock from the massive quake that killed more than 800 people last weekend.

Antarctica`s "ghost mountains" finally come into view

Last Updated: Sunday, January 24, 2010, 17:39

A team of scientists has announced that the so-called ``ghost peaks`` in the middle of Antarctica, which are hidden miles beneath the surface of an ice sheet, are finally coming into view.

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

Last Updated: Saturday, December 19, 2009, 19:16

A global team of scientists announces the first set of data about most enigmatic mountain ranges on Earth, which are popularly dubbed as ``ghost mountains``.