In mountainous areas, earthquakes can sometimes be amplified by the shape of the landscape. Research by the University of Twente shows that further from the epicenter, the shape of the terrain's ...

The researchers found that the 182 mountain ranges they studied have four principal shapes. Diamond-shaped ranges such as the Rocky Mountains (a) increase in land area from the bottom until ...

The researchers examined ranges on every continent except Antarctica and found that the pyramid form in which land-area uniformly decreases as elevation increases only applies to roughly one-third of ...

Extreme skier Chris Anthony told Colorado Matters Tuesday that he hopes to teach children about the 10th Mountain Division. Now, he's using the film he helped create, “Climb to Glory: The Legacy of ...