The constant movement of Earth’s tectonic plates reshapes our planet on a daily basis, but deep mantle processes also play a role, recent research shows.…
View More Deep mantle movements help explain Earth’s mysterious bulgesTag: Mountains
Bagging a Munro gets easier as volunteers fund repairs to mountain paths
One of Scotland’s most impressive and recognisable mountains will have its walking paths restored after hillwalkers and charities clubbed together to raise hundreds of thousands…
View More Bagging a Munro gets easier as volunteers fund repairs to mountain pathsHalf of glaciers will be gone by 2100 even under Paris 1.5C accord, study finds
Half the planet’s glaciers will have melted by 2100 even if humanity sticks to goals set out in the Paris climate agreement, according to research…
View More Half of glaciers will be gone by 2100 even under Paris 1.5C accord, study findsHot news from two billion years ago: plankton actually moved mountains
The mighty forces that created our planet’s mountains in ancient days got some unexpected help, scientists have discovered. Their research shows some of Earth’s greatest…
View More Hot news from two billion years ago: plankton actually moved mountains‘Not a walk in the park’: calls for visitors to ‘respect’ Snowdon
The views from the top – as long as the mist and cloud stay away – are spectacular and the sense of achievement, after the…
View More ‘Not a walk in the park’: calls for visitors to ‘respect’ SnowdonLife on the rocks in Brazil’s campo rupestre
When I was a child, my family would drive three hours from our home in Belo Horizonte to visit my grandfather’s ranch near the town…
View More Life on the rocks in Brazil’s campo rupestreMelting ice reveals first world war relics in Italian Alps
The soldiers dug the wooden barracks into a cave on the top of Mount Scorluzzo, a 3,095-metre (10,154ft) peak overlooking the Stelvio pass. For the…
View More Melting ice reveals first world war relics in Italian AlpsSpeed at which world’s glaciers are melting has doubled in 20 years
The melting of the world’s glaciers has nearly doubled in speed over the past 20 years and contributes more to sea-level rise than either the…
View More Speed at which world’s glaciers are melting has doubled in 20 yearsWelcome back! UK’s national parks brace for staycation invasion
From a campaign about poo, to advance booking for parking spaces, to a Zoom session advising farmers how to establish a pop-up campsite on their…
View More Welcome back! UK’s national parks brace for staycation invasion‘The litter was a shock’: 2020’s Covid-driven rush on UK national parks
For some years, Britain’s national parks have been wrestling with the same conundrum: how to attract a broader range of visitors. This summer, they got…
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